Vocabulary

  • waste away: To gradually become weaker and thinner, often due to illness or lack of food.
  • in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
  • mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
  • career: Particular occupation in professional life
  • stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
  • deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • waste: To kill or severely harm someone
  • breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • fill: To make something full
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
  • suffocate: To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
  • deep: Complex and important
  • differentiate: To see or show how things are not the same
  • fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • overdue: Past the date you should do something
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • meet: To provide something that is necessary
  • calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
  • stay: To keep trying without giving up
  • engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
  • pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
  • overtime: Extra time in a sports game
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    • breathe

      US /brið/

      UK /bri:ð/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move air into and out of your lungs
      • To say something very softly
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    • calculate

      US /ˈkælkjəˌlet/

      UK /'kælkjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To find an answer using mathematics
      • To make an educated guess about something
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    • career

      US /kəˈrɪr/

      UK /kə'rɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular occupation in professional life
      • The course of a person's life, especially in a particular pursuit or profession.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward very fast and without control
      • To advance or make progress rapidly
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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    • deny

      US /dɪˈnaɪ/

      UK /dɪ'naɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refuse to allow or accept something
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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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    • engineer

      US /ˌɛndʒəˈnɪr/

      UK /ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
      • Someone whose job is to repair or maintain engines
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    • fine

      US /faɪn/

      UK /faɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
      • Of high quality; made with great skill
      • Countable Noun
      • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
      • (at the end of a piece of music) the end
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    • in time

      US /ɪn taɪm/

      UK /in taim/

      • Adverb
      • Eventually; after a period of time.
      • Not late; with enough time to spare.
      • Phrase
      • Eventually; before it is too late.
      • According to the scheduled time; punctual.
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    • integrate

      US /ˈɪntɪˌɡret/

      UK /ˈɪntɪgreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To combine together; make into one thing
      • To bring (people or groups with particular characteristics or needs) into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution.
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    • mess

      US /mɛs/

      UK /mes/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
      • A difficult or confused situation.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something untidy or dirty
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    • overdue

      US /ˌoʊvərˈdu:/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈdju:/

      • Adjective
      • Past the date you should do something
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    • overtime

      US /ˈovɚˌtaɪm/

      UK /'əʊvətaɪm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Extra time in a sports game
      • Time worked in addition to regular working hours.
      • Adverb
      • Beyond the regular working hours.
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    • slave

      US /slev/

      UK /sleɪv/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone who is legally owned by another person
      • A person who is controlled by something.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work very hard.
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    • spin

      US /spɪn/

      UK /spɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a ball rotate when throwing it
      • To move something in a rapid turning motion
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel dizzy/confused, as in my head is spinning
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    • stress

      US / strɛs/

      UK /stres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
      • To put pressure on something or someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
      • Pressure on something or someone
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    • suffocate

      US /ˈsʌfəˌket/

      UK /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe
      • To stop a thing developing, e.g. by too many rules
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    • waste

      US /west/

      UK /weɪst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill or severely harm someone
      • To use valuable things ineffectively
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Materials left over after a process has finished
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    • waste away

      US /west əˈwe/

      UK /weist əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To gradually become weaker and thinner, often due to illness or lack of food.
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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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