Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • take it or leave it: An offer that must be accepted as is or rejected entirely.
  • care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
  • think twice: To consider something carefully before doing it, especially because it could have negative consequences.
  • slow in: Being late or delayed in doing something.
  • cut down: To reduce your use of something
  • down the line: At a later time; in the future.
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • cut costs: To reduce expenses or spending.
  • think through: To consider carefully so all points are covered
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
  • mental: Concerning the mind
  • depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
  • eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
  • aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
  • technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
  • panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  • simultaneously: At the same time; all together
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
  • scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
  • potentially: That could happen or become reality
  • disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
  • typically: In a normal or usual way
  • rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
  • current: Electricity flowing through wires
  • demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • financial: Involving money
  • recession: Act of moving backward gradually
  • toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • concern: To be about a particular topic
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
  • labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
  • dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
  • internal: Being or happening in the body
  • portray: To play a character in theater or on film
  • satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
  • sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
  • optimize: To make as effective as possible
  • protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
  • morale: ​the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • quit: To leave a job
  • resignation: Reluctant acceptance when a thing can't be avoided
  • future: Time that is to come after the present
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • mobility: Ability to move
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
  • historically: In history; in the past
  • grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
  • workplace: Place where work is done
  • severance: Money received when you are let go from a company
  • restructure: To change or organize something in a different way
  • layoff: Act of sacking employees when work is lacking
  • adobe: Type of sun-dried brick made of straw and clay
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    • adobe

      US /əˈdoʊbi/

      UK /əˈdəʊbi/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Type of sun-dried brick made of straw and clay
      • A building made of adobe.
      • Adjective
      • Of a light yellowish-brown color.
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    • approach

      US /əˈprəʊtʃ/

      UK /ə'prəʊtʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
      • To request someone to do something specific
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
      • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
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    • aspect

      US /ˈæspɛkt/

      UK /'æspekt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way something looks or seems to be
      • An element, feature, or quality of something
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • care of

      US /kɛr ʌv/

      UK /kɛə ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
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    • concept

      US /ˈkɑnˌsɛpt/

      UK /'kɒnsept/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Abstract idea of something or how it works
      • A plan or intention; a conception.
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    • concern

      US /kənˈsɚn/

      UK /kənˈsɜ:n/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be about a particular topic
      • To have a direct impact on someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Company, firm or business
      • Feeling of worry or anxiety
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    • current

      US /ˈkɚrənt, ˈkʌr-/

      UK /'kʌrənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Electricity flowing through wires
      • Movement of water in a river, or air in the sky
      • Adjective
      • Happening or being in the present time
      • In general use or accepted by most people.
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    • cut costs

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To reduce expenses or spending.
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    • cut down

      US /kʌt daʊn/

      UK /kʌt daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To reduce your use of something
      • To fell a tree.
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    • demand

      US /dɪˈmænd/

      UK /dɪ'mɑ:nd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Desire customers have to buy product, service
      • A strong request for someone to do something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To strongly request someone to do something
      • To need something.
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    • depression

      US /dɪˈprɛʃən/

      UK /dɪ'preʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Medical condition of a lack of vitality
      • Period of unemployment and low economic activity
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    • destruction

      US /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /dɪ'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun
      • Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
      • The state of being destroyed or ruined.
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    • disorder

      US /dɪsˈɔrdɚ/

      UK /dɪs'ɔ:də(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of confusion or a lack of organization
      • Illness when the body is not functioning well
      • Transitive Verb
      • To disrupt the order or arrangement of something.
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    • dominate

      US /ˈdɑməˌnet/

      UK /'dɒmɪneɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
      • To control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in
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    • down the line

      US /daʊn ði laɪn/

      UK /daun ðə lain/

      • Phrase
      • At a later time; in the future.
      • Completely; entirely; all the way.
      • Adjective
      • In agreement or accordance with something.
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    • eliminate

      US /ɪˈlɪməˌnet/

      UK /ɪ'lɪmɪneɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To completely remove; to get rid of
      • To remove from a contest by beating them
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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
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    • financial

      US /faɪˈnænʃ(ə)l/

      UK /faɪˈnænʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Involving money
      • Relating to investments.
      • Countable Noun
      • A person who provides advice on financial matters.
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    • grieve

      US /ɡriv/

      UK /ɡri:v/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • historically

      US /hɪsˈtɔrɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /hɪ'stɒrɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In history; in the past
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    • internal

      US /ɪnˈtɚnəl/

      UK /inˈtə:nəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being or happening in the body
      • Being, happening in a country, state, organization
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    • layoff

      US /ˈleˌ ɔf/

      UK /'leɪɔ:f/

      • Noun
      • Act of sacking employees when work is lacking
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    • mental

      US /ˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the mind
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    • mobility

      US /moˈbɪliti/

      UK /məʊˈbɪləti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to move
      • The ability to move between different levels of society or employment.
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    • morale

      US /məˈræl/

      UK /məˈrɑ:l/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • ​the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time
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    • optimize

      US /ˈɑ:ptɪmaɪz/

      UK /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make as effective as possible
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    • panic

      US /ˈpænɪk/

      UK /'pænɪk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel sudden anxiety and fear and cannot think
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    • portray

      US /pɔ:rˈtreɪ/

      UK /pɔ:ˈtreɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To play a character in theater or on film
      • To represent something for artistic purposes
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    • potentially

      US /pəˈtɛnʃəlɪ/

      UK /pə'tenʃəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • That could happen or become reality
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    • process

      US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/

      UK /prə'ses/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To organize and use data in a computer
      • To deal with official forms in the way required
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dealing with official forms in the way required
      • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
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    • quit

      US /kwɪt/

      UK /kwɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To leave a job
      • To leave a place
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave a school etc. without finishing
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    • recession

      US /rɪˈsɛʃən/

      UK /rɪˈseʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of moving backward gradually
      • Decreased business activity, when work is scarce
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    • remain

      US /rɪˈmen/

      UK /rɪˈmeɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be left behind; to continue to exist
      • To stay in a place when other people have gone
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    • research

      US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/

      UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
      • To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
      • A particular area or topic of study.
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    • resignation

      US /ˌrɛzɪɡˈneʃən/

      UK /ˌrezɪgˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Reluctant acceptance when a thing can't be avoided
      • Act of leaving a job because you want to
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    • restructure

      US /riˈstrʌktʃɚ/

      UK /ˌri:'strʌktʃə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change or organize something in a different way
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    • rid

      US /rɪd/

      UK /rɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
      • Adjective
      • Freed or delivered from something.
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    • satisfaction

      US /ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən/

      UK /ˌsætɪs'fækʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Happy feeling because of something that you did
      • Providing enough to make someone happy
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    • scale

      US /skel/

      UK /skeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Size, level, or amount when compared
      • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the size of but keep the proportions
      • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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    • scenario

      US /səˈner.i.oʊ/

      UK /sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/

      • Noun
      • An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
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    • severance

      US /ˈsɛvərəns, ˈsɛvrəns/

      UK /'sevərəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Money received when you are let go from a company
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    • simultaneously

      US /saɪməlˈtenɪəslɪ/

      UK /ˌsɪməl'teɪnɪəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • At the same time; all together
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    • slow in

      US /sloʊ ɪn/

      UK /sləu ɪn/

      • other
      • Being late or delayed in doing something.
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    • tactic

      US /ˈtæktɪk/

      UK /'tæktɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
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    • take it or leave it

      US /teɪk ɪt ɔr liv ɪt/

      UK /teɪk ɪt ɔ: li:v ɪt/

      • other
      • An offer that must be accepted as is or rejected entirely.
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    • technique

      US /tɛkˈnik/

      UK /tekˈni:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
      • The skill or ability to do something well.
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    • think through

      US /θɪŋk θru/

      UK /θiŋk θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider carefully so all points are covered
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    • think twice

      US /θɪŋk twaɪs/

      UK /θiŋk twais/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To consider something carefully before doing it, especially because it could have negative consequences.
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    • toll

      US /tol/

      UK /təʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
      • Number of people hurt or killed in a disaster
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Bell) to ring in a slow, loud and repeated way
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    • typically

      US /ˈtɪpɪklɪ/

      UK /ˈtɪpɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • In a normal or usual way
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    • upper

      US /ˈʌpɚ/

      UK /ˈʌpə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Drug that improves mood or increases energy
      • Something happy or encouraging
      • Adjective
      • Located above others of the same kind
      • Being the northern part of a region
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    • workplace

      US /ˈwɚkˌples/

      UK /ˈwɜ:kpleɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where work is done
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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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