Vocabulary

  • in terms of
  • in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
  • speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
  • up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
  • in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
  • on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • absolutely: Completely; totally; very
  • incredible: Very good; amazing
  • boost: To increase something; to make something better
  • progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • express: To send something by fast mail
  • atmosphere: Air around us
  • decline: To bend towards the ground
  • complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
  • comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
  • rational: Able to think clearly
  • domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
  • frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
  • desire: To wish for, hope or want something
  • lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
  • conduct: Your behavior
  • statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
  • throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • insanity: Mentally ill, unable to act normally
  • diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
  • frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
  • colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
  • arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • amateur: Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
  • administrative: Concerning managing an organization
  • convict: Person in prison
  • interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
  • service: Work that a person does to assist others
  • donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
  • return: To hit something back to the other player or team
  • carry: To have a child, be pregnant
  • cyber: Concerning the internet
  • bilateral: Involving two groups of people or two countries
  • jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
  • dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
  • treason: Crime of trying to overthrow your own government
  • jigsaw: Cut up picture on card that you fit back together
  • ballerina: Classical dancer who performs in a ballet
  • extradite: To send someone to another country to stand trial
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    • absolutely

      US /ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli/

      UK /ˈæbsəlu:tli/

      • Adverb
      • Completely; totally; very
      • Considered independently and without relation to other things; viewed abstractly; as, quantity absolutely considered.
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    • administrative

      US /ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtɪv/

      UK /ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning managing an organization
      • Relating to or characteristic of administration or those who administer.
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    • amateur

      US /ˈæməˌtɚ/

      UK /'æmətə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
      • Adjective
      • Unskilled in an activity; not professional
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    • atmosphere

      US /ˈætməˌsfɪr/

      UK /'ætməsfɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Air around us
      • Feeling or mood of a place
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    • ballerina

      US /ˌbæləˈrinə/

      UK /ˌbæləˈri:nə/

      • Countable Noun
      • Classical dancer who performs in a ballet
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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    • bilateral

      US /baɪˈlætərəl/

      UK /ˌbaɪˈlætərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Involving two groups of people or two countries
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    • boost

      US /bust/

      UK /bu:st/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase something; to make something better
      • To push someone or something up from beneath them
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An increase in something
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    • colony

      US /ˈkɑləni/

      UK /'kɒlənɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
      • Country/settlement controlled by another country
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    • comment

      US /ˈkɑmɛnt/

      UK /'kɒment/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
      • An explanatory note in a computer program.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To say something that gives your opinion
      • To add explanatory notes to a computer program.
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    • commit

      US /kəˈmɪt/

      UK /kə'mɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To do something bad, usually a crime
      • To promise your permanent love or loyalty (to)
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    • complex

      US /kəmˈplɛks, ˈkɑmˌplɛks/

      UK /'kɒmpleks/

      • Countable Noun
      • Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
      • Adjective
      • Not being simple; having many parts or aspects
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    • conduct

      US / kənˈdʌkt/

      UK /kənˈdʌkt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Your behavior
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To behave in a certain way; e.g. at a party
      • To let electricity or heat travel through
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    • convict

      US /kənˈvɪkt/

      UK /kənˈvɪkt/

      • Noun
      • Person in prison
      • Transitive Verb
      • To say someone is guilty of a crime in a law court
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    • cyber

      US /'saɪbə/

      UK /'saɪbə/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the internet
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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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    • desire

      US / dɪˈzaɪr/

      UK /dɪ'zaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To wish for, hope or want something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing that is wished for or wanted
      • A strong feeling of sexual wanting.
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    • determine

      US /dɪˈtɚmɪn/

      UK /dɪ'tɜ:mɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To control exactly how something will be or act
      • To establish the facts about; discover
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    • diplomatic

      US /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

      UK /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning formal relationships between countries
      • Not being offensive
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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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    • donate

      US /ˈdoˌnet, doˈnet/

      UK /dəʊ'neɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
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    • dual

      US /ˈdu:əl/

      UK /ˈdju:əl/

      • Adjective
      • (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
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    • extradite

      US /ˈɛkstrəˌdaɪt/

      UK /ˈekstrədaɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To send someone to another country to stand trial
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    • frustrate

      US /ˈfrʌsˌtret/

      UK /frʌ'streɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make annoyed because things don't go well
      • To prevent (a plan or intention) from succeeding.
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    • frustration

      US /frʌˈstreʃən/

      UK /frʌ'streɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
      • The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something.
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • in prison

      US /ɪn ˈprɪzən/

      UK /in ˈprizən/

      • Phrase
      • Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
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    • in return

      US /ɪn rɪˈtɚn/

      UK /in riˈtə:n/

      • Adverb
      • As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
      • Phrase
      • As compensation or consideration for something.
      • As a reaction or response to something.
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    • in terms of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • With regard to; concerning a particular aspect.
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    • in the air

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
      • Felt or sensed by many people; circulating as a rumor or feeling.
      • Adjective
      • Being broadcast on radio or television.
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    • incredible

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Very good; amazing
      • Really good; amazing; great
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    • insanity

      US /ɪnˈsænətɪ/

      UK /ɪn'sænətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Mentally ill, unable to act normally
      • Extremely foolish behavior.
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    • jail

      US /dʒel/

      UK /dʒeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold people who are being punished for a crime
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    • jigsaw

      US /ˈdʒɪɡˌsɔ/

      UK /ˈdʒɪgsɔ:/

      • Noun
      • Cut up picture on card that you fit back together
      B2
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    • lack

      US /læk/

      UK /læk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To not have, or not have enough, of something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The state of not having or not having enough of
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    • no matter

      US

      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Regardless of; it does not matter.
      • Adverb
      • Regardless of; it is not important
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    • on the ground

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the surface of the earth.
      • Present and available in a particular place, especially to deal with a situation.
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    • progress

      US /ˈprɑɡˌrɛs, -rəs, ˈproˌɡrɛs/

      UK /'prəʊɡres/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward or toward a place or goal
      • To make progress; develop or improve.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of moving forward
      • The process of improving or developing something over a period of time.
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    • rational

      US /ˈræʃənəl/

      UK /'ræʃnəl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to think clearly
      • A real number that can be written as a ratio of two integers.
      • Noun
      • A rational person.
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    • resident

      US /ˈrɛzɪdənt, -ˌdɛnt/

      UK /ˈrezɪdənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
      • A person who lives in a particular place.
      • Adjective
      • Someone who lives in a particular place
      • (of a computer program) remaining in memory.
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    • speak to

      US /spik tu/

      UK /spi:k tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To address or communicate with someone.
      • To indicate or suggest something; to be relevant to.
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    • statement

      US / ˈstetmənt/

      UK /ˈsteɪtmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Record of activity in a bank account over time
      • Act or process of saying something formally
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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
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    • treason

      US /ˈtrizən/

      UK /ˈtri:zn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Crime of trying to overthrow your own government
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    • up in the air

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
      • Idiom
      • In an uncertain state; unresolved.
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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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    Woman jailed in Russia over Ukraine charity donation freed in US prisoner swap | BBC News

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    Ever wondered about high-stakes international prisoner swaps? This BBC News report dives into a fascinating case involving a US citizen freed from Russia, offering a chance to boost your vocabulary on topics like bilateral relations and penal colonies. You'll get a real-world look at geopolitical events and pick up some advanced terms along the way!

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