Vocabulary

  • in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
  • lead to: To result in some action
  • consist of
  • regardless of
  • stop working: To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
  • in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • have to: Must do
  • intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
  • chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
  • insane: Mentally ill; crazy
  • concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
  • dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
  • respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
  • disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
  • barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
  • sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
  • alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
  • concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
  • theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
  • shrink: To become smaller
  • mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
  • cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
  • debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
  • regulate: To control something with rules or laws
  • compare: To consider how similar and different things are
  • flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
  • mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
  • tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
  • rave: A dance party with loud music
  • infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
  • pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
  • inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
  • rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
  • chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
  • bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
  • tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
  • addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
  • taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
  • worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
  • lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
  • capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
  • puff: To breath in and out quickly
  • combustion: An act or instance of burning
  • elevate: To make something higher
  • dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
  • penis: Male organ for copulation and urination
  • cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
  • nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • add: To include as well
  • vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • coil: Wire wound into circles to carry electricity
  • relegate: To place in a less important place or position
  • zinc: Bluish white metal used in making brass
  • tar: Black oily substance used to make roads
  • pulmonary: Concerning the lungs/disease of the lungs
  • airway: Passage for air to pass through, e.g. your throat
  • obstructive: Trying to block or stop something
  • chocolatey: Having the flavor or taste of chocolate
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    • addict

      US /əˈdɪkt/

      UK /ˈædɪkt/

      • Noun
      • Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
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    • airway

      US /ˈɛrˌwe/

      UK /ˈeəˌweɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Passage for air to pass through, e.g. your throat
      • Route along which aircraft travel regularly
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    • alert

      US /əˈlɚt/

      UK /ə'lɜ:t/

      • Adjective
      • Being aware and able to respond quickly
      • Transitive Verb
      • To warn someone so they can respond to it
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    • barrier

      US /ˈbæriɚ/

      UK /'bærɪə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Difficult situation preventing something happening
      • Structure or object that stops free movement
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    • bloodstream

      US /ˈblʌdˌstrim/

      UK /ˈblʌdstri:m/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Blood flowing through the circulatory system
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    • cancer

      US /ˈkænsɚ/

      UK /'kænsə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
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    • capitalism

      US /ˈkæpɪtlˌɪzəm/

      UK /ˈkæpɪtəlɪzəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Economic system where companies own industry
      • An economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods. The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market (a market economy) rather than through central planning (a planned economy or command
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    • cause

      US /kɔz/

      UK /kɔ:z/

      • Noun
      • Belief, goal or organization that people support
      • Reason for
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something happen; create effect or result
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    • chemical

      US /ˈkɛmɪkəl/

      UK /ˈkemɪkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Basic substance produced by mixing elements
      • The branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances.
      • Adjective
      • Made of various elements
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    • chest

      US /tʃɛst/

      UK /tʃest/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong, lidded container for storing things
      • Front of the body between neck and stomach
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    • chocolatey

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      UK

      • Adjective
      • Having the flavor or taste of chocolate
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    • chronic

      US /ˈkrɑnɪk/

      UK /'krɒnɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
      • (Of disease) over a long time; serious
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    • cigarette

      US /ˈsɪgəret/

      UK /ˌsɪgəˈret/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • White paper tube filled with tobacco
      • The act of smoking a cigarette.
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    • coil

      US /kɔɪl/

      UK /kɔɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Wire wound into circles to carry electricity
      • Long material wound into circular rings
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To curl or wind around especially in neat rings
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    • combustion

      US /kəmˈbʌstʃən/

      UK /kəmˈbʌstʃən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • An act or instance of burning
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    • concentration

      US /ˌkɑ:nsnˈtreɪʃn/

      UK /ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount or number of something in a thing or place
      • Paying (a lot of) attention to a task
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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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    • consensus

      US /kənˈsɛnsəs/

      UK /kənˈsensəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A decision that is shared by most of a group
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    • consist of

      US /kənˈsɪst ʌv/

      UK /kənˈsist ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
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    • debris

      US /dəˈbri, de-, ˈdeˌbri/

      UK /dəˈbri:, deɪ-, ˈdeɪˌbri:/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Remains of something broken or destroyed
      • Accumulated fragments of rock.
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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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    • dysfunction

      US /dɪsˈfʌŋkʃən/

      UK /dɪs'fʌŋkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
      • Impairment of normal physiological function.
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    • elevate

      US /ˈɛləˌvet/

      UK /ˈelɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something higher
      • To raise something in status, importance, feeling
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    • exhaust

      US /ɪɡˈzɔst/

      UK /ɪɡ'zɔ:st/

      • Noun
      • System of pipes through which gases escape
      • Waste gas from an engine, e.g. from a car
      • Transitive Verb
      • To emit gas from the back of a car
      • To make a person feel very tired or without energy
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    • expel

      US /ɪkˈspɛl/

      UK /ɪk'spel/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To force a person to leave a place or organization
      • To release or push something (e.g. air) out
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    • flavor

      US /ˈflevɚ/

      UK /'fleɪvə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality giving something a particular character
      • Taste of something, especially in food or drink
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add extra taste to a food
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in the end

      US /ɪn ði ɛnd/

      UK /in ðə end/

      • Phrase
      • Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
      • Ultimately; as the final result or consequence.
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
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    • in theory

      US /ɪn ˈθiəri/

      UK /in ˈθiəri/

      • Adverb
      • According to the stated ideas or principles
      • Phrase
      • According to the theoretical possibilities rather than actual practice.
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    • infection

      US /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/

      UK /ɪnˈfekʃn/

      • Noun
      • (Computers) Having a computer virus
      • Making or becoming sick with a bacteria/virus
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    • inhale

      US /ɪnˈhel/

      UK /ɪnˈheɪl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To breathe in something like air or smoke
      • To eat or drink something extremely fast
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    • insane

      US /ɪnˈsen/

      UK /ɪnˈseɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Mentally ill; crazy
      • Being crazy or stupid
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    • intense

      US /ɪnˈtɛns/

      UK /ɪn'tens/

      • Adjective
      • Very strong, great or extreme in degree
      • Experiencing or showing great force or strength; extreme.
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    • lead to

      US /lid tu/

      UK /li:d tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To result in some action
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have something as a consequence or result.
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    • lung

      US /lʌŋ/

      UK /lʌŋ/

      • Noun
      • One of the two organs we use to breathe
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    • mechanism

      US /ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm/

      UK /'mekənɪzəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of a machine that performs a certain function
      • System or process for achieving a certain result
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    • nicotine

      US /ˈnɪkəˌtin/

      UK /ˈnɪkəti:n/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Addictive substance in tobacco
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    • obstructive

      US /əb'strʌktɪv/

      UK /əb'strʌktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Trying to block or stop something
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    • penis

      US /ˈpinɪs/

      UK /'pi:nɪs/

      • Noun
      • Male organ for copulation and urination
      • (vulgar slang) The male sexual organ.
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    • pride

      US /praɪd/

      UK /praɪd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sense of your own importance and worth
      • A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you or people connected with you have done something well.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be proud of something you did
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    • puff

      US /pʌf/

      UK /pʌf/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breath in and out quickly
      • Countable Noun
      • Sweet baked food filled with cream or jam
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    • pulmonary

      US /ˈpʌlməneri/

      UK /ˈpʌlmənəri/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the lungs/disease of the lungs
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    • rave

      US /rev/

      UK /reɪv/

      • Countable Noun
      • A dance party with loud music
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To shower praise upon; speak very highly of
      • To speak or shout loudly, angrily or as if crazy
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    • regardless of

      US /rɪˈɡɑrdlɪs ʌv/

      UK /riˈɡɑ:dlis ɔv/

      • Phrase
      • Preposition
      • Without being affected or influenced by something; despite.
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    • regulate

      US /ˈrɛɡjəˌlet/

      UK /ˈregjuleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To control something with rules or laws
      • To set/adjust (a clock, etc.); restrict motion in
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    • relegate

      US /ˈrɛlɪˌɡet/

      UK /ˈrelɪgeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To place in a less important place or position
      • To put a team in a lower league when they lose
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    • respiratory

      US /ˈrɛspərəˌtɔri, -ˌtori, rɪˈspaɪrə-/

      UK /ˈrespərəˌtɔ:ri:, -ˌtəʊri:, rɪˈspaɪərə-/

      • Adjective
      • (Medical) concerning breathing
      • Having the function of respiration.
      • Noun
      • The branch of medicine concerned with the organs of respiration.
      • The system of organs involved in breathing.
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    • rush

      US /rʌʃ/

      UK /rʌʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To attack someone suddenly in a group
      • To perform or finish with speed and urgency
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Actions performed or finishes with speed, urgency
      • State of hurried action
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    • sheer

      US /ʃɪr/

      UK /ʃɪə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To suddenly turn or change direction
      • Adverb
      • Straight up and down; steeply
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    • shrink

      US /ʃrɪŋk/

      UK /ʃrɪŋk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become smaller
      • Noun
      • A rude name for a psychiatrist
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    • stop working

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
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    • tar

      US /tɑ:r/

      UK /tɑ:(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Black oily substance used to make roads
      • Sticky substance formed in the lungs from smoking
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover or treat with a hot thick black liquid
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    • taste

      US /test/

      UK /teɪst/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
      • Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience something
      • To experience the flavor of food, drink
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    • theory

      US /ˈθiəri, ˈθɪri/

      UK /ˈθiəri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
      • An idea or belief about something
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    • thermal

      US /ˈθɜ:rml/

      UK /ˈθɜ:ml/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
      • Rising body of warm air, e.g. in gliding
      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to heat or a source of heat
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    • tissue

      US /ˈtɪʃu/

      UK /ˈtɪʃu:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
      • Kind of thin, light paper used to pack objects
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    • tract

      US /trækt/

      UK /trækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
      • An area of land, typically a large one.
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    • vitamin

      US /ˈvaɪtəmɪn/

      UK /ˈvɪtəmɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Health-giving substance needed for body function
      • Adjective
      • Containing or supplemented with vitamins.
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    • zinc

      US /zɪŋk/

      UK /zɪŋk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Bluish white metal used in making brass
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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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