Vocabulary

  • fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
  • ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • on a regular basis: Happening frequently or at regular intervals.
  • answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
  • face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
  • engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
  • shut off: To stop the movement of something, such as water
  • anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
  • significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
  • engage: To start to fight with an enemy
  • boost: To increase something; to make something better
  • esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
  • poverty: State of being poor
  • whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
  • recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
  • amount: Quantity of something
  • psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
  • commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
  • conduct: Your behavior
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
  • dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
  • mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
  • addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
  • society: A group who meet to share values or interests
  • cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
  • appearance: The way a person looks to others
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
  • fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
  • compare: To consider how similar and different things are
  • survey: Broad view or general description of something
  • favor: Support or approval from people
  • generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
  • institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
  • alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
  • isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
  • social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
  • fake: Not real; made to look like something real
  • suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • documentary: Supported by written evidence
  • millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
  • bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • exacerbate: To increase the severity or bitterness of
  • amplify: To increase the effect of something
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • notification: Act of giving formal or official information
  • worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
  • loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • disastrous: Having very unfortunate or terrible consequences
  • mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
  • compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
  • tractor: Powerful (farm) vehicle with large back wheels
  • gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
  • loneliest: The saddest because apart from other people
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    • addiction

      US /əˈdɪkʃən/

      UK /əˈdɪkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
      • A compulsive physiological need for a habit-forming substance.
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    • alcohol

      US /ˈælkəˌhɔl,-ˌhɑl/

      UK /'ælkəhɒl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
      • Drinks such as wine, whiskey, beer
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    • amplify

      US /ˈæmpləˌfaɪ/

      UK /'æmplɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the effect of something
      • To add more details to a story or something said
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    • answer to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
      • To correspond to or match a description or requirement.
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    • anxiety

      US /æŋˈzaɪɪti/

      UK /æŋ'zaɪətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
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    • appearance

      US /əˈpɪrəns/

      UK /əˈpɪərəns/

      • Noun
      • The way a person looks to others
      • The way that something looks
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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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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    • bully

      US /ˈbʊli/

      UK /'bʊlɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
      • A person who uses superior strength or influence to intimidate others.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
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    • cause

      US /kɔz/

      UK /kɔ:z/

      • Noun
      • Belief, goal or organization that people support
      • Reason for
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something happen; create effect or result
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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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    • compulsory

      US /kəmˈpʌlsəri/

      UK /kəmˈpʌlsəri/

      • Adjective
      • Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
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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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    • dilemma

      US /dɪˈlɛmə/

      UK /dɪ'lemə/

      • Noun
      • Position in which you must make difficult choices
      • An argument forcing an opponent to choose between two unfavorable alternatives.
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    • disastrous

      US /dɪˈzæstrəs/

      UK /dɪˈzɑ:strəs/

      • Adjective
      • Having very unfortunate or terrible consequences
      • Having extremely negative or terrible consequences.
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    • documentary

      US /ˌdɑ:kjuˈmentri/

      UK /ˌdɒkjuˈmentri/

      • Adjective
      • Supported by written evidence
      • Noun
      • Film TV program giving facts about a person, event
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    • engage

      US /ɪn'gedʒ/

      UK /ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To start to fight with an enemy
      • To hire someone for a task or job
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    • engage in

      US /ɪn'gedʒ ɪn/

      UK /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To participate or become involved in something.
      B1
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    • epidemic

      US /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/

      UK /ˌepɪ'demɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that spreads suddenly and widely
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    • esteem

      US /ɪˈstim/

      UK /ɪˈsti:m/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
      • Transitive Verb
      • To regard with great respect or admiration
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    • ever since

      US /ˈɛvɚ sɪns/

      UK /ˈevə sins/

      • Adverb
      • Continuously from a past time until now.
      • Conjunction
      • From the time that; because.
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    • exacerbate

      US /ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbet/

      UK /ɪɡ'zæsəbeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the severity or bitterness of
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    • face to face

      US /fes tu fes/

      UK /feis tu: feis/

      • Adverb
      • (Meeting) while looking at someone
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    • fake

      US /fek/

      UK /feɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Not real; made to look like something real
      • Countable Noun
      • A copy of something made to trick people
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    • fatal

      US /ˈfetl/

      UK /ˈfeɪtl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing death; having very bad consequences
      • Causing negative results
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    • favor

      US /ˈfevɚ/

      UK /'feɪvə/

      • Noun
      • Support or approval from people
      • Small gift given out at a party
      • Transitive Verb
      • To prefer or promote over another
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • fit in

      US /fɪt ɪn/

      UK /fit in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To mix with others so you get on well with them
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    • gen

      US /dʒen/

      UK /dʒen/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
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    • generation

      US /ˌdʒɛnəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act or process of producing or causing something
      • People born and living at about the same time
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • institute

      US / ˈɪnstɪˌtut, -ˌtjut/

      UK /'ɪnstɪtju:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Organization studying science, engineering etc.
      • A short intensive course of instruction, often focusing on a specific topic.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start or commence doing, e.g. a business plan
      • To establish or start (a system, rule, or course of action).
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    • interaction

      US /ˌɪntɚˈækʃən/

      UK /ˌɪntər'ækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Process of people or things affecting each other
      • The activity of talking to other people, working together etc
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    • isolation

      US /ˌaɪsəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
      • Process of separating things from other things
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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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    • loneliest

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • The saddest because apart from other people
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    • loneliness

      US /ˈlonlɪnɪs/

      UK /'ləʊnlɪnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of feeling sad because you are alone
      • A feeling of being isolated from others, even when surrounded by people.
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    • mention

      US /ˈmɛnʃən/

      UK /'menʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refer to or talk or write about something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of referring to or talking about something
      • A formal acknowledgement of something
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    • millennial

      US /mɪ'lenɪrl/

      UK /mɪ'lenɪəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
      • Relating to the millennial generation.
      • Noun
      • A person born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s to early 2000s.
      • A person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000.
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    • mobile

      US /ˈmoʊbl/

      UK /'məʊbaɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be moved or able to move
      • Able to move easily from one job, place, or social class to another.
      • Countable Noun
      • Personal phone you take with you wherever you go
      • A decorative structure that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air.
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    • notification

      US /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

      UK /ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of giving formal or official information
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    • on a regular basis

      US //ɑn ə ˈrɛgjələr ˈbeɪsəs//

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Happening frequently or at regular intervals.
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    • poverty

      US /ˈpɑvəti/

      UK /ˈpɔvəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being poor
      • Lack of something necessary
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    • psychology

      US /saɪˈkɑlədʒi/

      UK /saɪ'kɒlədʒɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
      • Way in which a person or group thinks and behaves
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    • recipe

      US /ˈrɛsəˌpi/

      UK /'resəpɪ/

      • Noun
      • Conditions likely to create a particular result
      • Directions for making a dish, with the ingredients
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    • research

      US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/

      UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
      • To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
      • A particular area or topic of study.
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    • shut off

      US /ʃʌt ɔf/

      UK /ʃʌt ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop the movement of something, such as water
      • To isolate oneself from others.
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    • significant

      US /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

      UK /sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt/

      • Adjective
      • Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
      • Having meaning; important; noticeable
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    • society

      US /səˈsaɪɪti/

      UK /sə'saɪətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A group who meet to share values or interests
      • Group of people living together
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    • specialist

      US /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/

      UK /'speʃəlɪst/

      • Noun
      • Person who works in one specific area or field
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    • steady

      US /ˈstɛdi/

      UK /'stedɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Happening or developing at a regular rate
      • Continuing without stopping or changing over time
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make constant, unchanging or staying the same
      • To hold something/someone so they stop moving
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    • suicide

      US /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/

      UK /'su:ɪsaɪd/

      • Noun
      • Act of purposely killing yourself
      • Act that ruins a person's career, status etc.
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    • survey

      US /ˈsɜː(r)veɪ/

      UK /'sɜ:veɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Broad view or general description of something
      • Act of measuring land or property to make a map
      • Transitive Verb
      • To offer a broad view or general description
      • To measure an area of land to make a map of it
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    • tractor

      US /ˈtræktɚ/

      UK /ˈtræktə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Powerful (farm) vehicle with large back wheels
      B2
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    • whopping

      US /ˈwɑ:pɪŋ/

      UK /ˈwɒpɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • (Informal) huge; very big
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    • work at

      US /wɚk æt/

      UK /wə:k æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have a job at a particular place or organization.
      • To make an effort to improve something.
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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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