Vocabulary

  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • in terms of
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
  • necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
  • substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
  • insight: Power to understand people and things very well
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
  • belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
  • adapt: To change something for a different function
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • appearance: The way a person looks to others
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
  • challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
  • compare: To consider how similar and different things are
  • sweat: To do an amount of hard work
  • volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
  • mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
  • absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
  • energy: Physical or mental strength
  • expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
  • resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
  • bladder: Soft bag which holds liquid or air
  • defense: Argument in support of something
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • important: Having power or authority
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • coordination: When parts of your body work well together
  • overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
  • dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
  • medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
  • tan: A light brown color
  • wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
  • pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
  • vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
  • part: Division of a book
  • burn: To destroy with fire
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • effectiveness: Degree of how well something works or is done
  • biologically: As regards life and living things
  • clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
  • shiver: Act of shaking from fear or cold
  • beanie: Small round close fitting hat
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    • absolute

      US /ˈæbsəˌlut/

      UK /ˈæbsəlu:t/

      • Adjective
      • Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
      • Not capable of being doubted or questioned; certain.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is complete, total, pure, certain
      • (in philosophy) a concept of an ultimate, unconditional reality
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    • activate

      US /ˈæktəˌvet/

      UK /ˈæktɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
      • To make something start working
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    • adapt

      US /əˈdæpt/

      UK /ə'dæpt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change something for a different function
      • To change something to fit or suit a new purpose
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change your behaviour so that it is easier to live in a new place or situation
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    • appearance

      US /əˈpɪrəns/

      UK /əˈpɪərəns/

      • Noun
      • The way a person looks to others
      • The way that something looks
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    • beanie

      US /ˈbini/

      UK /ˈbi:ni/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small round close fitting hat
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    • belly

      US /ˈbɛli/

      UK /'belɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Middle part of the body; the stomach
      • A bulging or rounded part of something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To expand outward; swell
      • To swell like a balloon
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    • biologically

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • As regards life and living things
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    • bladder

      US /ˈblædɚ/

      UK /ˈblædə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Soft bag which holds liquid or air
      • Part of the body that holds urine
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    • challenge

      US /ˈtʃæləndʒ/

      UK /'tʃælɪndʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
      • Act of formally inviting someone to compete
      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally invite someone to compete at something
      • To question the correctness of something
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    • clinic

      US /ˈklɪnɪk/

      UK /ˈklɪnɪk/

      • Noun
      • Local medical center; department of a hospital
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    • coordination

      US /koʊˌɔ:rdɪˈneɪʃn/

      UK /kəʊˌɔ:dɪˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • When parts of your body work well together
      • Planning to meet a shared goal
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    • defense

      US /dɪˈfɛns/

      UK /dɪ'fens/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Argument in support of something
      • The process of protecting something from attack
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    • disease

      US /dɪˈziz/

      UK /dɪˈzi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
      • A disorder of structure or function in a plant, especially one caused by a pathogen.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To affect with disease; to corrupt or sicken.
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    • dose

      US /doʊs/

      UK /dəʊs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a certain amount of something to someone
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    • effectively

      US /ɪˈfɛktɪvli/

      UK /ɪˈfektɪvli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that produces the desired result
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    • effectiveness

      US /əˈfɛktɪvnɪs/

      UK /ɪˌfek'tɪvnɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Degree of how well something works or is done
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    • energy

      US /ˈɛnədʒi/

      UK /'enədʒɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical or mental strength
      • Enthusiasm and determination.
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    • expose

      US /ɪkˈspoʊz/

      UK /ɪk'spəʊz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make visible, without covering or protection
      • To allow light through a cameras lens onto film
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    • exposure

      US /ɪkˈspoʒɚ/

      UK /ɪk'spəʊʒə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
      • Being talked about in the media
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    • fuel

      US /ˈfjuəl/

      UK /'fju:əl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
      • To provide gas or petrol for something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Material used to produce heat or power when burned
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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    • in terms of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • With regard to; concerning a particular aspect.
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    • insight

      US /ˈɪnˌsaɪt/

      UK /'ɪnsaɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Power to understand people and things very well
      • Very good understanding of something
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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • know about

      US /noʊ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /nəʊ əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • mass

      US /mæs/

      UK /mæs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
      • Large amount or number of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To gather people or things into a large group
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    • medication

      US /ˌmɛdɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
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    • necessarily

      US /ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrəli, -ˈsɛr-/

      UK /ˌnesəˈserəli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
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    • out of nowhere

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
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    • overlap

      US /ˌoʊvərˈlæp/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈlæp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To lie over or cover a part of something else
      • To happen at the same time as another event
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount shared in the same space, form, idea
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    • pump

      US /pʌmp/

      UK /pʌmp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
      • To make water/other liquid move using a machine
      • Noun
      • A device more moving liquids
      • Light woman's shoe
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    • reaction

      US /riˈækʃən/

      UK /rɪ'ækʃn/

      • Noun
      • Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
      • Feeling or action in response to something
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    • resemble

      US /rɪˈzɛmbəl/

      UK /rɪˈzembl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be similar to in looks or manner
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    • shiver

      US /ˈʃɪvɚ/

      UK /ˈʃɪvə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Act of shaking from fear or cold
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To shake from fear or cold
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    • spice

      US /spaɪs/

      UK /spaɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add chili, etc. to food to improve its taste
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    • spine

      US /spaɪn/

      UK /spaɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Line of bones that runs down your back
      • The place the pages of a book are attached
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    • substance

      US /ˈsʌbstəns/

      UK /'sʌbstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Essence of; most basic or central qualities
      • Particular type of material
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    • sweat

      US /swɛt/

      UK /swet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do an amount of hard work
      • To be worried or anxious about something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of hard work
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    • tan

      US /tæn/

      UK /tæn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A light brown color
      • Brown colored skin from being in the sun
      • Transitive Verb
      • To process leather with a tanning agent
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    • tend

      US /tɛnd/

      UK /tend/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move or act in a certain manner
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • vastly

      US /ˈvæstli/

      UK /ˈvɑ:stli/

      • Adverb
      • To an exceedingly great extent or degree
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    • volume

      US /ˈvɑljum, -jəm/

      UK /ˈvɒlju:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number or amount of something e.g. sales
      • Amount of space that something takes up
      • Countable Noun
      • One book that is part of a set of books
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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