Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • by half: Indicates something is at 50% or to a large but incomplete extent.
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • start in: To begin a job or activity.
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • shift in: A change or alteration in something.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • level out: To become flat or even; to make something flat or even.
  • move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
  • as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
  • down the road: At a future time; in the future.
  • for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
  • of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
  • for all that: Despite that; even though.
  • for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
  • factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
  • per year: For each year; annually.
  • bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
  • in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
  • such as: For example; like
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
  • decline: To bend towards the ground
  • demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
  • legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
  • environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
  • domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • decade: Period of 10 years
  • myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
  • affect: To cause a change in something else
  • shrink: To become smaller
  • maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
  • suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
  • dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
  • behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
  • benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
  • administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
  • trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
  • economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
  • suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
  • foreign: Being of a different place or country
  • tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
  • harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
  • arsenal: Place where weapons are stored
  • impose: To make someone to do or endure something
  • president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
  • economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
  • government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
  • program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
  • inflate: To fill/be filled with air and make/become bigger
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • part: Division of a book
  • retaliate: To take revenge for something harmful or wrong
  • geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
  • annually: Every year; once a year
  • upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
  • downstream: In the direction of a stream's current
  • exporter: Country, business selling goods to other countries
  • cluck: To make a noise like a chicken
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    • administration

      US / ædˌmɪnɪˈstreʃən/

      UK /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
      • The work of running something, e.g. a business
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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.
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    • aggressive

      US /əˈɡrɛsɪv/

      UK /əˈgresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
      • Behaving in a hostile and threatening way
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    • aluminum

      US /ə'lju:minəm/

      UK /ə'lju:minəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
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    • annually

      US /ˈænjʊəlɪ/

      UK /ˈænjuəli/

      • Adverb
      • Every year; once a year
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    • arsenal

      US /ˈɑrsənəl/

      UK /'ɑ:sənl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where weapons are stored
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    • as a result of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Because of something; owing to.
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    • benefit

      US /ˈbɛnəfɪt/

      UK /'benɪfɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Good result or effect, something advantageous
      • A payment made by the state or an insurance policy to someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have a good effect or be helpful
      • To receive an advantage; to be helped
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    • bring in

      US /brɪŋ ɪn/

      UK /briŋ in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To earn a certain amount of money or profits
      • To add person into existing group, e.g. phone call
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    • by half

      US /baɪ hæf/

      UK /baɪ hɑ:f/

      • other
      • Indicates something is at 50% or to a large but incomplete extent.
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    • cluck

      US /klʌk/

      UK /klʌk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a noise like a chicken
      C2
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    • decade

      US /ˈdɛkˌed, dɛˈked/

      UK /ˈdekeɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Period of 10 years
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    • decline

      US /dɪˈklaɪn/

      UK /dɪ'klaɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To bend towards the ground
      • To slope downward.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To lessen in quality or value
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    • demand

      US /dɪˈmænd/

      UK /dɪ'mɑ:nd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Desire customers have to buy product, service
      • A strong request for someone to do something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To strongly request someone to do something
      • To need something.
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    • domestic

      US /dəˈmɛstɪk/

      UK /dəˈmestɪk/

      • Noun
      • Someone paid to help with housework in your house
      • Adjective
      • British informal fight between husband and wife
      • Concerning your own home or house
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    • down the road

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • At a future time; in the future.
      • Along the street; a short distance away.
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    • downstream

      US /ˈdaʊnˌstrim/

      UK /ˌdaʊn'stri:m/

      • Adverb
      • In the direction of a stream's current
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    • dramatically

      US /drəˈmætɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /drə'mætɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a sudden or extreme manner
      • In a theatrical or exaggerated manner.
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    • economic

      US /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk, ˌikə-/

      UK /ˌi:kəˈnɒmɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning trade, industry, and money
      • Financially worthwhile; profitable.
      • Noun
      • A system relating to economics
      • A factor relating to economics
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    • exporter

      US /ɪkˈsportɚ/

      UK /ekˈspɔ:tə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Country, business selling goods to other countries
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    • factor in

      US /ˈfæktɚ ɪn/

      UK /ˈfæktə in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
      B2
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    • for all that

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Despite that; even though.
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    • for short

      US /fɔr ʃɔrt/

      UK /fɔ: ʃɔ:t/

      • Phrase
      • As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
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    • for the world

      US /fɚ ðə wɝld/

      UK /fə ðə wɜ:ld/

      • other
      • Used to emphasize something would never happen.
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    • foreign

      US /ˈfɔ:rən/

      UK /ˈfɒrən/

      • Adjective
      • Being of a different place or country
      • Strange; different from ones found at home
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    • geopolitical

      US /ˌdʒi:oʊpə'lɪtɪkl/

      UK /ˌdʒi:əʊpə'lɪtɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning geopolitics
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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    • harmful

      US /ˈhɑ:rmfl/

      UK /ˈhɑ:mfl/

      • Adjective
      • Likely to cause damage or injury
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • impose

      US /ɪmˈpoʊz/

      UK /ɪmˈpəʊz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone to do or endure something
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    • in the long run

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Eventually; over a long period of time.
      A1
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    • in the past

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
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    • in with

      US /ɪn wɪð/

      UK /in wið/

      • Phrase
      • Fashionable or popular at the moment.
      • Having influence or favor with someone.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To introduce or bring something new into a system or organization.
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    • inflate

      US /ɪnˈflet/

      UK /ɪnˈfleɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To fill/be filled with air and make/become bigger
      • To make a thing seem bigger/greater than it is
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a thing seem bigger/greater than it is
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    • legacy

      US /ˈlɛɡəsi/

      UK /'leɡəsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
      • Something left or given by a person who has died
      • Adjective
      • Relating to old or outdated computer systems or software.
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    • level out

      US /ˈlɛvəl aʊt/

      UK /ˈlevl aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become flat or even; to make something flat or even.
      • To become stable after a period of increase or decrease.
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    • maintain

      US /menˈten/

      UK /meɪn'teɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To keep saying something a certain way
      • To keep (machine) working by checking, repairing
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    • motivate

      US /ˈmotəˌvet/

      UK /'məʊtɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a reason, the will to do something
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    • move out

      US /muv aʊt/

      UK /mu:v aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave a house or flat permanently.
      • To advance from a defensive position.
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    • myth

      US /mɪθ/

      UK /mɪθ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
      • Famous story dealing with origins of a culture
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    • of old

      US /ʌv oʊld/

      UK /əv əuld/

      • other
      • From a long time ago; in the past.
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • per year

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • For each year; annually.
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    • policy

      US /ˈpɑlɪsi/

      UK /'pɒləsɪ/

      • Noun
      • Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
      • Course of action proposed by an organization, etc.
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    • president

      US /ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt/

      UK /ˈprezɪdənt/

      • Noun
      • Person in charge of a country, or organization
      • The highest-ranking executive in a corporation or organization.
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    • resilient

      US /rɪˈzɪljənt/

      UK /rɪ'zɪlɪənt/

      • Adjective
      • Recovering quickly from something bad
      • Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
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    • retaliate

      US /rɪˈtæliˌet/

      UK /rɪ'tælɪeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To take revenge for something harmful or wrong
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    • shift in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • A change or alteration in something.
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    • shrink

      US /ʃrɪŋk/

      UK /ʃrɪŋk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become smaller
      • Noun
      • A rude name for a psychiatrist
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    • start in

      US /stɑrt ɪn/

      UK /stɑ:t in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin a job or activity.
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    • such as

      US /sʌtʃ æz/

      UK /sʌtʃ æz/

      • Preposition
      • For example; like
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    • suffer

      US / ˈsʌfɚ/

      UK /'sʌfə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience pain, illness, or injury
      • To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • tariff

      US /ˈtærɪf/

      UK /'tærɪf/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • List of fixed prices at hotel
      • Tax that a government collects on imported goods
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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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    • upstream

      US /ˈʌpˈstrim/

      UK /ˌʌpˈstri:m/

      • Adverb
      • In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
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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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    • whole point

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
      • The primary reason or objective.
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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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