Vocabulary

  • full scholarship: An award that covers all expenses, including tuition, fees, and living costs.
  • at least: As a minimum
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • hail from: To have been born or originate in a particular place.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • such as: For example; like
  • have to: Must do
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • food delivery: A service that delivers food to a customer's location.
  • check out
  • esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
  • plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
  • elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
  • estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
  • degree: Amount or extent of something
  • fortune: What might happen to you in the future
  • span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
  • major: High-ranking officer in the army
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
  • liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
  • hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
  • wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
  • college: School or educational institution for adults
  • dozen: 12 people or things
  • loyal: Always showing support for; faithful
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
  • deep: Complex and important
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
  • roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
  • dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • university: High-level educational institution; college
  • list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
  • fidelity: Loyalty
  • swift: Quick
  • lifetime: The time between birth and death
  • fund: To supply money for something
  • cable: To transmit a message over a wire
  • full: Containing all the parts; complete
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • endowment: Natural ability or quality
  • study: To focus on learning something usually at school
  • mark: Person's name
  • donor: Someone giving money or gifts to support a cause
  • billionaire: Person with more than 1,000,000,000 dollars etc.
  • number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • fraternity: Social club of male college students
  • top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • educate: To teach someone in a school or college
  • undergraduate: A college student studying for their first degree
  • small: Little in size; not big
  • school: Large group of fish that swim together
  • designer: Someone who creates plans to make something
  • citadel: Strongly fortified fortress or castle
  • fang: Sharp, pointed tooth of a wild animal
  • bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
  • ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
  • mater: Use of the Latin word for mother
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    • accountable

      US /əˈkaʊntəbəl/

      UK /əˈkaʊntəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Be responsible to someone or for some activity
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • billionaire

      US /ˌbɪljəˈner/

      UK /ˌbɪljəˈneə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person with more than 1,000,000,000 dollars etc.
      • Countable Noun
      • A person whose wealth amounts to one billion or more units of currency.
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    • bobby

      US /ˈbɑ:bi/

      UK /ˈbɒbi/

      • Noun
      • Police officer (UK slang)
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
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    • cable

      US /ˈkebəl/

      UK /ˈkeɪbl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To transmit a message over a wire
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Message sent by wireless telegraphy
      • Satellite TV distributed by cables
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    • ceo

      US

      UK

      • Abbreviation
      • CEO for Chief Operating Officer
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • citadel

      US /ˈsɪtədəl, -ˌdɛl/

      UK /ˈsɪtədəl/

      • Noun
      • Strongly fortified fortress or castle
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    • college

      US /'kɑːlɪdʒ/

      UK /'kɒlɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • School or educational institution for adults
      • A constituent body of a university.
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    • degree

      US /dɪˈɡri/

      UK /dɪˈgri:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount or extent of something
      • Unit for measuring temperature or angles
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    • delivery

      US /dɪˈlɪvəri, -ˈlɪvri/

      UK /dɪˈlɪvəri/

      • Noun
      • Way someone acts when speaking publicly
      • Act of taking something to a person or place
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    • designer

      US /dɪˈzaɪnə/

      UK /dɪˈzaɪnə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Someone who creates plans to make something
      • Adjective
      • Describing something that has been designed
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    • donor

      US /ˈdoʊnə(r)/

      UK /ˈdəʊnə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone giving money or gifts to support a cause
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    • dorm

      US /dɔrm/

      UK /dɔ:m/

      • Countable Noun
      • College building with rooms that students live in
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    • dozen

      US /ˈdʌzən/

      UK /ˈdʌzn/

      • Countable Noun
      • 12 people or things
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    • educate

      US /ˈɛdʒəˌket/

      UK /ˈedʒukeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To teach someone in a school or college
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    • elite

      US /iˈliːt/

      UK /iˈliːt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
      • A person of the elite class.
      • Adjective
      • Belonging to the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
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    • endowment

      US /ɛnˈdaʊmənt/

      UK /ɪnˈdaʊmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Natural ability or quality
      • Money to provide income for a college, etc.
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    • estate

      US /ɪˈstet/

      UK /ɪˈsteɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A large piece of land, usually with a large house
      • Group of houses all built at the same time
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    • esteem

      US /ɪˈstim/

      UK /ɪˈsti:m/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To regard with great respect or admiration
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    • fang

      US /fæŋ/

      UK /fæŋ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Sharp, pointed tooth of a wild animal
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    • fidelity

      US /fɪˈdɛlɪti,faɪ-/

      UK /fɪˈdeləti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Loyalty
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    • food delivery

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A service that delivers food to a customer's location.
      • The system or process of delivering food.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • fortune

      US /ˈfɔrtʃən/

      UK /'fɔ:tʃu:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What might happen to you in the future
      • Chance or luck, particularly good luck
      • Transitive Verb
      • To bring good fortune to.
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    • fraternity

      US /frəˈtɜ:rnəti/

      UK /frəˈtɜ:nəti/

      • Noun
      • Social club of male college students
      • A group of people sharing a common profession or interests.
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    • full scholarship

      US /fʊl ˈskɑlɚˌʃɪp/

      UK /ful ˈskɔləʃip/

      • Noun
      • An award that covers all expenses, including tuition, fees, and living costs.
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    • fund

      US /fʌnd/

      UK /fʌnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To supply money for something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money collected, saved, or provided for a purpose
      • A specific account into which you put money
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    • hail

      US /hel/

      UK /heɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To speak of something with admiration/excitement
      • To call out to (taxi) to get it to pick you up
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fly, fall together through the air
      • Used to say that hail is falling
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    • hail from

      US /hel frʌm/

      UK /heil frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have been born or originate in a particular place.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hedge

      US /hɛdʒ/

      UK /hedʒ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To select words to avoid saying something directly
      • Countable Noun
      • A fence made with small trees or bushes
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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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    • liberal

      US /ˈlɪbərəl, ˈlɪbrəl/

      UK /'lɪbərəl/

      • Noun
      • Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
      • Adjective
      • Open-minded; willing to hear others' opinions
      • Political party for freedom and social change
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    • lifetime

      US /ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm/

      UK /ˈlaɪftaɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The time between birth and death
      • An opportunity that is unlikely to occur again.
      • Adjective
      • Lasting for the duration of someone's life or the existence of something.
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    • loyal

      US /ˈlɔɪəl/

      UK /ˈlɔɪəl/

      • Adjective
      • Always showing support for; faithful
      • Demonstrating allegiance to one's country.
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    • major

      US /ˈmedʒɚ/

      UK /'meɪdʒə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • High-ranking officer in the army
      • Main subject you study at university
      • Adjective
      • Main league; esp. referring to American baseball
      • Important, serious, or large in scope, size
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    • mark

      US /mɑrk/

      UK /mɑ:k/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a dirty spot or line on something
      • To give a grade for homework
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    • mater

      US /'meɪtə/

      UK /'meɪtə/

      • Noun
      • Use of the Latin word for mother
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • plenty

      US /ˈplɛnti/

      UK /'plentɪ/

      • Pronoun
      • When there is not too little of something; a lot
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A large or sufficient amount or quantity; abundance.
      • A lot of something
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    • roof

      US /ruf,rʊf/

      UK /ru:f/

      • Noun
      • Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
      • Cover or top of a building or car
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a cover or top onto a building, vehicle
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    • span

      US /spæn/

      UK /spæn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Distance between two supports of a bridge
      • Period of time that something continues for
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To go across a certain distance between things
      • To cover or extend over a time period
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    • spread

      US /sprɛd/

      UK /spred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
      • The distance between two things
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To place over a large area; to cover a large area
      • (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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    • such as

      US /sʌtʃ æz/

      UK /sʌtʃ æz/

      • Preposition
      • For example; like
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    • swift

      US /swɪft/

      UK /swɪft/

      • Adjective
      • Quick
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    • ultra

      US /'ʌltrə/

      UK /'ʌltrə/

      • Prefix
      • Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
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    • undergraduate

      US /ˌʌndərˈgrædʒuət/

      UK /ˌʌndəˈgrædʒuət/

      • Countable Noun
      • A college student studying for their first degree
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    • wealthy

      US /ˈwɛlθi/

      UK /ˈwelθi/

      • Adjective
      • Having a great quantity of money or property
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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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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