Vocabulary

  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • regardless of
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
  • from memory: Using only your memory without any help or notes.
  • apart from: Except for; not considering
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • in a row: One after another without a break.
  • drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
  • team up with: To join with someone in order to work on something together.
  • on the go: Very busy and active.
  • keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
  • in terms of
  • due to: Because of; owing to
  • of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
  • such as: For example; like
  • after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
  • language proficiency: The ability to use a language with accuracy and fluency.
  • break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
  • in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
  • ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
  • cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
  • profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
  • comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
  • impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
  • disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • immersion: Complete mental attention, e.g. when reading
  • encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
  • dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • irrelevant: Not important; not related to the topic
  • suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
  • huge: Very very large
  • decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
  • compare: To consider how similar and different things are
  • bilingual: Being able to speak two languages well
  • switch: A change or shift from one method to another
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
  • suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
  • promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
  • chore: Task done to keep a house in order e.g. cleaning
  • ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
  • achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
  • verbal: Concerning verbs
  • league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
  • reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
  • imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
  • anterior: Front
  • deceive: To make someone believe something that is not true
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
  • onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
  • pearl: Person's name
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • degradation: Reduction in quality or character
  • negatively: In a harmful, unwanted or unhelpful manner
  • adept: Being highly skilled in some activity
  • synaptic: Concerning or involving synapses
  • daunt: To make someone feel less courageous or confident
  • changer: A person who changes something
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    • achievement

      US /əˈtʃivmənt/

      UK /əˈtʃi:vmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something good that you have successfully done
      • Success in school or studies.
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    • adept

      US /əˈdɛpt/

      UK /əˈdept/

      • Adjective
      • Being highly skilled in some activity
      B2TOEIC
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    • advantage

      US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing making the chance of success higher
      • A positive point about something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
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    • after all

      US /ˈæftɚ ɔl/

      UK /ˈɑ:ftə ɔ:l/

      • Adverb
      • In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
      • Considering everything; used to indicate that something is happening or is true despite some difficulty or obstacle
      • Phrase
      • Despite what was expected or thought; in spite of everything.
      • Taking everything into consideration; considering that.
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    • ambiguous

      US /æmˈbɪɡjuəs/

      UK /æmˈbɪgjuəs/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be understood in more than one way
      B1TOEIC
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    • anterior

      US /ænˈtɪriɚ/

      UK /ænˈtɪəriə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Front
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    • apart from

      US /əˈpɑrt frʌm/

      UK /əˈpɑ:t frɔm/

      • Preposition
      • Except for; not considering
      • In addition to; as well as
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    • at the end of the day

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
      • After a day's work or activities.
      A1
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
      A1
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    • bilingual

      US /baɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/

      UK /ˌbaɪˈlɪŋgwəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being able to speak two languages well
      • Noun
      • Person able to use two languages well
      B2
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    • break down

      US /brek daʊn/

      UK /breik daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
      • (Machine) to stop working or become weaker
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    • changer

      US /'tʃeɪndʒər/

      UK /'tʃeɪndʒə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • A person who changes something
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    • chore

      US /tʃɔ:r/

      UK /tʃɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • Task done to keep a house in order e.g. cleaning
      B2
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    • cognitive

      US /ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈkɒgnətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • The process of knowing and remembering
      • Relating to the ability to think and reason.
      C1
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    • comprehension

      US /ˌkɑmprɪˈhɛnʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
      • The scope or range of something.
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    • correlate

      US /ˈkɔ:rəleɪt/

      UK /ˈkɒrəleɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have/show the relationship between two things
      • To have a mutual relationship or connection; to establish a systematic connection.
      • Noun
      • Something that is mutually related to or associated with something else.
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    • cortex

      US /ˈkɔrˌteks/

      UK /'kɔ:teks/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
      • The outer layer of the cerebrum (the cerebral cortex), other organs, or a plant.
      C1
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    • daunt

      US /dɔnt, dɑnt/

      UK /dɔ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel less courageous or confident
      B2TOEIC
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    • deceive

      US /dɪˈsiv/

      UK /dɪ'si:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone believe something that is not true
      B1
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    • degradation

      US /ˌdɛɡrəˈdeʃən/

      UK /ˌdegrəˈdeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Reduction in quality or character
      • The act of treating someone poorly and without respect.
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    • dementia

      US /dɪˈmɛnʃə/

      UK /dɪˈmenʃə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Illness characterized by loss of memory
      B2
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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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    • drop out

      US /drɑp aʊt/

      UK /drɔp aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take no part in a society you disapprove of
      • To quit school, a club or activity
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To quit a course of study or training.
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    • due to

      US /du tu/

      UK /dju: tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; owing to
      • Adjective
      • Attributable to; caused by.
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    • encourage

      US /ɛnˈkɚrɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr-/

      UK /ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the chance of something happening
      • To make someone more determined or confident
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
      A1
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    • flexibility

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
      B1TOEIC
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    • from memory

      US /frəm ˈmɛməri/

      UK /frəm ˈmeməri/

      • other
      • Using only your memory without any help or notes.
      B2
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    • grow up

      US /ɡro ʌp/

      UK /ɡrəu ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To develop from a child into an adult
      A1
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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
      A2
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    • imagination

      US /ɪˌmædʒəˈneʃən/

      UK /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
      • Something that you imagine; an idea that you have in your mind.
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    • immersion

      US /ɪˈmə:ʒən, -ʃən/

      UK /ɪˈmɜ:ʒən, -ʃən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Complete mental attention, e.g. when reading
      • The act of putting something completely under the surface of a liquid; the state of being completely under the surface of a liquid.
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    • impact

      US /ˈɪmˌpækt/

      UK /'ɪmpækt/

      • Noun
      • A striking effect or result to hit with force
      • Act or force of one thing hitting something else
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit or strike someone or something with force
      • To have a strong effect on someone or something.
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    • impressive

      US /ɪmˈprɛsɪv/

      UK /ɪmˈpresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
      • Having a strong effect, commanding attention.
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    • in a row

      US /ɪn e ro/

      UK /in ə rəu/

      • Phrase
      • One after another without a break.
      • Arranged in a straight line.
      • Idiom
      • To have an argument.
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
      C1
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    • in other words

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
      More
    • in terms of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • With regard to; concerning a particular aspect.
      A1
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    • irrelevant

      US /ɪˈrɛləvənt/

      UK /ɪˈreləvənt/

      • Adjective
      • Not important; not related to the topic
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    • journey

      US /ˈdʒɚni/

      UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

      • Noun
      • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel through a place
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    • keeping up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand what someone is saying
      • To move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else.
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    • language proficiency

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The ability to use a language with accuracy and fluency.
      • A standardized assessment of one's language skills.
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    • league

      US /liɡ/

      UK /li:ɡ/

      • Noun
      • Group of people, countries with a common goal
      • Association of sports teams that organizes matches
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To form a league; to unite for a common purpose.
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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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    • negatively

      US /ˈnɛɡətɪvlɪ/

      UK /'neɡətɪvlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a harmful, unwanted or unhelpful manner
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    • of age

      US /əv eɪdʒ/

      UK /əv eɪdʒ/

      • other
      • Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
      A2
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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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    • on the go

      US /ɑn ði ɡo/

      UK /ɔn ðə ɡəu/

      • Adjective
      • Very busy and active.
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    • onset

      US /ˈɑnˌsɛt, ˈɔn-/

      UK /ˈɒnset/

      • Noun
      • When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
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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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    • pearl

      US /pɜ:rl/

      UK /pɜ:l/

      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ball formed in oysters used in jewelry
      • Someone, something that is admired, among the best
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    • profound

      US /prəˈfaʊnd, pro-/

      UK /prə'faʊnd/

      • Adjective
      • Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
      • Showing a lot of deep thought or understanding
      B1
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    • promote

      US /prəˈmoʊt/

      UK /prəˈməʊt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
      • To move someone to a higher position or rank
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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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    • 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.
      A2TOEIC
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    • reserve

      US /rɪˈzɚv/

      UK /rɪ'zɜ:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
      • To not use all of, so you can use it later
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area of land set aside as for a people
      • Park or area for wildlife to roam free
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • sponsor

      US /ˈspɑ:nsə(r)/

      UK /ˈspɒnsə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person that supports the passage of a new law
      • Person giving money for someone's education
      • Transitive Verb
      • To support the passage of a new law
      • To help someone succeed by giving them money
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    • such as

      US /sʌtʃ æz/

      UK /sʌtʃ æz/

      • Preposition
      • For example; like
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    • suppress

      US /səˈprɛs/

      UK /səˈpres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
      • To use force to prevent something happening
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    • switch

      US /swɪtʃ/

      UK /swɪtʃ/

      • Noun
      • A change or shift from one method to another
      • Thing you move to turn electrical items on or off
      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange or replace something for another thing
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    • synaptic

      US /sɪ'næptɪk/

      UK /sɪ'næptɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or involving synapses
      C2
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    • task

      US /tæsk/

      UK /tɑ:sk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Big or small piece of work someone has to do
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
      A2TOEIC
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    • team up with

      US /tim ʌp wɪð/

      UK /ti:m ʌp wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To join with someone in order to work on something together.
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    • ultimately

      US /ˈʌltəmɪtli/

      UK /ˈʌltɪmətli/

      • Adverb
      • Done or considered as the final and most important
      • Fundamentally; at the most basic level.
      B1TOEIC
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    • verbal

      US /ˈvɚbəl/

      UK /ˈvə:bəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning verbs
      • Using speech, rather than being written
      • Noun
      • Word that is made from a verb
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    • wanna

      US /ˈwɑnə/

      UK /'wɒnə/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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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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