Vocabulary

  • come from: To have as your native country or city
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • in the money: To have gained or to possess a lot of money; profitable.
  • on the market: Available for sale.
  • have to: Must do
  • depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
  • wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
  • price in: To include a particular cost or factor in a total price.
  • request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
  • swap in: To replace someone or something by putting another in place.
  • equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
  • quote: Written statement of the cost of something
  • positive: Showing agreement or support for something
  • conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • exotic: Being very different or unusual
  • debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
  • bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
  • affect: To cause a change in something else
  • currency: Widespread acceptance
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • typical: Normal; usual; expected
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • asset: Thing that has value to you
  • swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
  • actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
  • yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
  • competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
  • trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
  • reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
  • internal: Being or happening in the body
  • request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
  • depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
  • escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
  • duration: Length of time that something lasts
  • auction: To sell to a person offering the highest price
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • prefer: To like something better than something else
  • government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
  • inversion: Change in position so things become the opposite
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
  • entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
  • service: Work that a person does to assist others
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
  • price: Person's name
  • main: Most important; most often used
  • mute: Not willing or being unable to speak
  • incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
  • ad: Public notice or advertisement
  • squawk: (Of birds) to make a short harsh cry
  • tel: Short form of 'telephone', used with phone numbers
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    • actual

      US /ˈæktʃuəl/

      UK /ˈæktʃuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
      • Current; existing at the present time.
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    • ad

      US /æd/

      UK /æd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Public notice or advertisement
      C2TOEIC
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    • affect

      US /əˈfɛkt/

      UK /ə'fekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a change in something else
      • To pretend to have or feel (something).
      • Noun
      • (Psychology) Emotion or feeling.
      A2TOEIC
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    • asset

      US /ˈæsˌɛt/

      UK /'æset/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing that has value to you
      A2TOEIC
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    • auction

      US /ˈɔ:kʃn/

      UK /ˈɔ:kʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To sell to a person offering the highest price
      • Noun
      • Public sale where people compete to buy things
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    • bond

      US /bɑnd/

      UK /bɒnd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
      • Closeness that is shared between people or groups
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To develop a close relationship with
      • To become joined or connected, e.g. using glue
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    • come from

      US /kʌm frʌm/

      UK /kʌm frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have as your native country or city
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    • competitive

      US /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/

      UK /kəmˈpetətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Being strongly driven to win or be better than
      • As good as or better than others.
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    • conflict

      US /ˈkɑnˌflɪkt/

      UK /'kɒnflɪkt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Argument or struggle between two or more parties
      • A serious disagreement or argument.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have opposite ideas; to disagree; To not match
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    • currency

      US /ˈkɚrənsi, ˈkʌr-/

      UK /'kʌrənsɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Widespread acceptance
      • Money system that a country uses
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    • debt

      US /dɛt/

      UK /det/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
      • A moral or social obligation.
      A2TOEIC
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    • depend

      US /dɪˈpend/

      UK /dɪˈpend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
      • To rely on someone or something for support, help, or existence.
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    • depending on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
      • Influenced or determined by.
      • Preposition
      • Subject to; contingent on
      • Relying on someone or something for support or assistance.
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    • duration

      US /duˈreɪʃn/

      UK /djuˈreɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Length of time that something lasts
      B1TOEIC
      More
    • entity

      US /ˈɛntɪti/

      UK /'entətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that exists by itself and is real
      • A thing with distinct and independent existence.
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    • equivalent

      US /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      UK /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Equal to something in value, use or meaning
      • Having the same meaning or significance.
      • Noun
      • Thing like another in quality, quantity or degree
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    • escalate

      US /ˈɛskəˌlet/

      UK /ˈeskəleɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To increase in size, intensity, or scope
      • To become much worse or more severe
      B2
      More
    • exotic

      US /ɪɡ'zɑ:tɪk/

      UK /ɪɡ'zɒtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Being very different or unusual
      • Strange because from a different area of the world
      B1
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
      A1
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    • in the money

      US /ɪn ðə ˈmʌni/

      UK /in ðə ˈmʌni/

      • other
      • To have gained or to possess a lot of money; profitable.
      B2
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    • incoming

      US /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/

      UK /ˈɪnkʌmɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Coming toward a place or position; arriving
      • Newly elected or appointed; succeeding to a position.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Money or revenue received.
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    • internal

      US /ɪnˈtɚnəl/

      UK /inˈtə:nəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being or happening in the body
      • Being, happening in a country, state, organization
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    • inversion

      US /ɪnˈvə:ʒən, -ʃən/

      UK /ɪn'vɜ:ʃn/

      • Noun
      • Change in position so things become the opposite
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    • mute

      US /mjut/

      UK /mju:t/

      • Adjective
      • Not willing or being unable to speak
      • Noun
      • Device used to make trombone, etc. sound quieter
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    • on the market

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Available for sale.
      • Actively seeking employment.
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    • positive

      US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Showing agreement or support for something
      • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
      • Noun
      • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark
      A2
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    • price in

      US /praɪs ɪn/

      UK /praɪs ɪn/

      • other
      • To include a particular cost or factor in a total price.
      C1
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    • quote

      US /kwot/

      UK /kwəʊt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Written statement of the cost of something
      • The (often wise or famous) words of another person
      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone how much a task will cost
      • To repeat precisely what a person said or wrote
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    • reduce

      US /rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus/

      UK /rɪ'dju:s/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
      • To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
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    • request

      US /rɪˈkwɛst/

      UK /rɪ'kwest/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask for, usually politely and formally
      • Noun
      • Thing that has been asked for
      • A signal to a computer system or program to perform a task.
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    • request for

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A formal application or appeal for something.
      • A solicitation or appeal for assistance, support, or contributions.
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    • result

      US /rɪˈzʌlt/

      UK /rɪ'zʌlt/

      • Noun
      • Something produced through tests or experiments
      • Final score of a competition, election or game
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the outcome of other causes and effects
      • To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
      A2
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    • significance

      US /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

      UK /sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns/

      • Noun
      • The potential for something to have a big effect
      • Meaning or importance of something
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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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    • squawk

      US /skwɔk/

      UK /skwɔ:k/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of birds) to make a short harsh cry
      • Noun
      • A short harsh cry, like some birds
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    • swap

      US /swɑp/

      UK /swɒp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange goods without spending money; trade
      • Noun
      • A trade or exchange of goods without using money
      B2TOEIC
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    • swap in

      US /swɑp ɪn/

      UK /swɒp ɪn/

      • other
      • To replace someone or something by putting another in place.
      B1
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    • tel

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Short form of 'telephone', used with phone numbers
      C2
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    • trade

      US /treid/

      UK /treɪd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
      • Action of buying and selling things in business
      • Transitive Verb
      • To buy, sell and exchange goods in business
      • To give something in return for something else
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    • typical

      US /ˈtɪpɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtɪpɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Normal; usual; expected
      • Serving as a representative example of a particular type.
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    • wait for

      US /wet fɔr/

      UK /weit fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait until someone comes, or something happens
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    • yield

      US /jild/

      UK /ji:ld/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To bend or break because of a strong force
      • To give way to someone or something else
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of crops grown
      • Amount of profit you make
      A2TOEIC
      More
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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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