Vocabulary

  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • have to: Must do
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • in the process of: During the course of; while something is happening or being done.
  • after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
  • black and white
  • around the corner: Very near; close by.
  • move to: To change the place where you live or work.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • test out: To try something (such as a new product) to see whether it works properly or is appealing
  • few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
  • eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
  • approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • character: Person in a story, movie or play
  • accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • interact: To talk or do things with each other
  • identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
  • version: Different way that someone interprets something
  • algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
  • field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
  • abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
  • recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
  • emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
  • distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
  • launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • vision: Ability to see; eyesight
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
  • string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
  • rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
  • resolve: To make a decision to do something
  • text: To send a message by phone or other device
  • seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
  • surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
  • program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
  • quirk: Strange aspect (of nature); strange habit
  • optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • archive: To store things such as historical records
  • browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • malicious: Intending to harm or hurt someone
  • halfway: A middle point between two extremes
  • differentiate: To see or show how things are not the same
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • found: To become aware of something that is happening
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • human: A person; a man, woman or child
  • machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • perceptual: Relating to immediate sensory experience
  • distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
  • datum: Item of factual information
  • automate: To make automatic by using machines
  • inventive: Having the ability to think up/create new things
  • warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
  • robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
  • cursor: Mark showing where the mouse is on computer screen
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • famously: In a manner or to an extent that is well known
  • yahoo: Person who is not very intelligent or cultured
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    • abuse

      US /əˈbjuz/

      UK /ə'bju:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
      • To use in an inappropriate or excessive way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Improper/dishonest/excessive use of something
      • Insulting someone, e.g. by swearing at them
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    • accurate

      US /ˈækjərɪt/

      UK /ˈækjərət/

      • Adjective
      • With no mistake or error; Correct
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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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    • algorithm

      US /ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm/

      UK /'ælɡərɪðəm/

      • Noun
      • A step-by-step problem-solving feature
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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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    • archive

      US /ˈɑrˌkaɪv/

      UK /'ɑ:kaɪv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To store things such as historical records
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Collection of historical records and materials
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    • around the corner

      US /əˈraʊnd ði ˈkɔrnɚ/

      UK /əˈraund ðə ˈkɔ:nə/

      • Phrase
      • Very near; close by.
      • About to happen; approaching soon.
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    • automate

      US /ˈɔtəˌmet/

      UK /'ɔ:təmeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make automatic by using machines
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    • black and white

      US /blæk ənd hwaɪt/

      UK /blæk ænd hwait/

      • Phrase
      • Adjective
      • Showing images only in black, grey, and white, not in colour.
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    • browse

      US /braʊz/

      UK /braʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
      • To use a browser to view websites on the Internet.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A collection of things to look through.
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    • character

      US /ˈkærəktɚ/

      UK /'kærəktə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person in a story, movie or play
      • Writing symbols, e.g. alphabet or Chinese writing
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    • cursor

      US /ˈkə:sɚ/

      UK /ˈkɜ:sə/

      • Noun
      • Mark showing where the mouse is on computer screen
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    • datum

      US /ˈdetəm, ˈdætəm, ˈdɑtəm/

      UK /ˈdeɪtəm/

      • Noun
      • Item of factual information
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    • differentiate

      US /ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃiˌet/

      UK /ˌdɪfə'renʃɪeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To see or show how things are not the same
      • Become distinct or specialized.
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    • distinguish

      US /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

      UK /dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something clearly different from others
      • To make noticeable or different; to set apart.
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    • distort

      US /dɪˈstɔrt/

      UK /dɪ'stɔ:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change the shape, appearance, or sound
      • To exaggerate the truth or fact, e.g. to deceive
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    • doom

      US /dum/

      UK /du:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Certain of the failure or destruction of
      • Very bad, unhappy future event or situation
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make failure, defeat or death certain for
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    • emerge

      US /ɪˈmɚdʒ/

      UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To rise or appear out of some background
      • To become known or apparent.
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    • eventually

      US /ɪˈvɛntʃuəli/

      UK /ɪˈventʃuəli/

      • Adverb
      • After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
      • At some later time; in the future
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    • famously

      US /ˈfeməsli/

      UK /ˈfeɪməsli/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner or to an extent that is well known
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    • few steps

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • A small number of steps; a short distance.
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
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    • halfway

      US /ˌhæfˈweɪ/

      UK /ˌhɑ:fˈweɪ/

      • Adverb
      • A middle point between two extremes
      • At or to a point equidistant between two places.
      • Adjective
      • Located at or being at a point equidistant between two places.
      • Partially completed; at an intermediate stage.
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    • halfway through

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
      • Phrase
      • Having completed approximately half of something.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • identify

      US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/

      UK /aɪ'dentɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To indicate who or what someone or something is
      • To say exactly what something is
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    • in the process of

      US /ɪn ði ˈprɑsˌɛs ʌv/

      UK /in ðə ˈprəuses ɔv/

      • Phrase
      • During the course of; while something is happening or being done.
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    • interact

      US /ˌɪntɚˈækt/

      UK /ˌɪntər'ækt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To talk or do things with each other
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    • inventive

      US /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/

      UK /ɪnˈventɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Having the ability to think up/create new things
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    • launch

      US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

      UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

      • Noun
      • Starting a new project; introducing new product
      • Act of firing rockets into the air
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
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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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    • malicious

      US /məˈlɪʃəs/

      UK /məˈlɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Intending to harm or hurt someone
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    • move to

      US /muv tu/

      UK /mu:v tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To change the place where you live or work.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To proceed to the next stage or action.
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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    • optical

      US /ˈɑptɪkəl/

      UK /ˈɒptɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning vision or helping people see
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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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    • perceptual

      US /pərˈseptʃuəl/

      UK /pəˈseptʃuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Relating to immediate sensory experience
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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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    • quirk

      US /kwə:k/

      UK /kwɜ:k/

      • Noun
      • Strange aspect (of nature); strange habit
      • Something unusual or strange that occurs by chance
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    • recognition

      US /ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/

      UK /ˌrekəgˈnɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Accepting that something is true or that it exists
      • Considering something as important or special
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    • rely

      US /rɪˈlaɪ/

      UK /rɪ'laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • Depend on with full trust or confidence
      • To trust or have confidence in someone.
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    • resolve

      US /rɪˈzɑlv/

      UK /rɪ'zɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a decision to do something
      • To find an answer, solution to a problem/ question
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Firm determination to do something.
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    • robot

      US /ˈroʊbɑ:t/

      UK /ˈrəʊbɒt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Machine able perform more tasks that people can
      • A person who acts in a mechanical or unemotional way.
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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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    • seize

      US /siz/

      UK /si:z/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take a place with force, as by military action
      • To arrest or catch someone
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    • straight

      US /stret/

      UK /streɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Not having curves, bends, or angles
      • Not gay; heterosexual
      • Adverb
      • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly
      • In a straight line; directly.
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    • string

      US /strɪŋ/

      UK /strɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tie or connect things together with a thread
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A line of connected objects
      • Thick thread; thin rope
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    • surpass

      US /sɚˈpæs/

      UK /sə'pɑ:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To go beyond or achieve more than someone
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    • test out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try something (such as a new product) to see whether it works properly or is appealing
      • To try something new to see if it is effective or works well.
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • version

      US /ˈvɚʒən, -ʃən/

      UK /ˈvə:ʃən/

      • Noun
      • Different way that someone interprets something
      • New or different form of something
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    • vision

      US /ˈvɪʒən/

      UK /'vɪʒn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to see; eyesight
      • Something you see in your imagination or dreams
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    • warp

      US /wɔ:rp/

      UK /wɔ:p/

      • Noun
      • Twist or bend in something normally straight
      • Transitive Verb
      • To influence someone to become bad/do evil thing
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    • yahoo

      US /'jɑ:hu:/

      UK /ˈjɑ:hu:/

      • Noun
      • Person who is not very intelligent or cultured
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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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