Vocabulary

  • on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • at least: As a minimum
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • appear at: To be present in a specific place or event.
  • on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • get here: To arrive at a specific location.
  • speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • on a level: In a fair and equal manner; with equal opportunities.
  • search for: To try to find someone or something.
  • mess around: To cheat on your partner with another lover
  • as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
  • call the shots: To be in charge; to make the decisions.
  • settle down: To become calm and relaxed after not being so
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
  • unspoken pact: An agreement or understanding that is not explicitly stated but is mutually understood and acted upon.
  • on the contrary: In contrast; from the opposite standpoint
  • in the driver's seat: In a position of control or authority.
  • in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
  • evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
  • in charge: To be responsible for
  • thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
  • commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
  • reveal: To show something that was hidden before
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
  • split: No longer married or in a relationship
  • fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
  • express: To send something by fast mail
  • demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
  • commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
  • drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
  • fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
  • reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • occur: To come to pass or to happen
  • irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
  • diminish: To make something smaller or less important
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
  • initiate: To cause something to begin
  • contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
  • drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • expire: To breathe out
  • invest: To use resources to build for the future
  • economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
  • dissolve: To cause something to end
  • profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
  • blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
  • pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
  • testosterone: Natural chemical responsible for the male sex
  • solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
  • strengthen: To make something stronger
  • signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
  • revolutionize: To completely change so that it is much better
  • marvelous: Extraordinarily good or great
  • mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
  • patriarchy: Social system where males are rulers
  • maximize: To make as large or great as possible
  • picky: Careful about deciding on things; hard to please
  • vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
  • historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
  • widely: To a large degree; over a large range
  • vanish: To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
  • elevate: To make something higher
  • hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
  • datum: Item of factual information
  • consensual: (E.g. of sex) being agreed to by those concerned
  • apt: Likely or having a tendency to act a certain way
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • price: Person's name
  • long: Person's name
  • date: To have become old-fashioned
  • cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
  • man: Humans in general, including male and female
  • pollination: Putting pollen on a plant so it makes seeds
  • short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
  • speak: To be able to use a certain language
  • ecological: Concerning the environment, plants, or animals
  • pact: Agreement between people or countries
  • collusion: Secret agreement to do something wrong or illegal
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    • appear at

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be present in a specific place or event.
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    • apt

      US /æpt/

      UK /æpt/

      • Adjective
      • Likely or having a tendency to act a certain way
      • Being relevant or accurate
      B1TOEIC
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    • as we know it

      US /əz wi no ɪt/

      UK /əz wi nəu ɪt/

      • other
      • In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
      B2
      More
    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
      C2
      More
    • average

      US /ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ/

      UK /'ævərɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Total of numbers divided by the number of items
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add numbers then divide by the number of items
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • blunt

      US /blʌnt/

      UK /blʌnt/

      • Adjective
      • Without a sharp edge or point
      • Speaking directly; without trying to be polite or kind
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make dull or lessen the sharpness of something
      B1
      More
    • call the shots

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • To be in charge; to make the decisions.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be in a position of authority and make the important decisions.
      A1
      More
    • charge

      US /tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
      • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An attack by running quickly toward someone
      • A price for a service or goods
      A2
      More
    • collusion

      US /kəˈluʒən/

      UK /kəˈlu:ʒn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Secret agreement to do something wrong or illegal
      C1TOEIC
      More
    • commit

      US /kəˈmɪt/

      UK /kə'mɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To do something bad, usually a crime
      • To promise your permanent love or loyalty (to)
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • commitment

      US /kəˈmɪtmənt/

      UK /kə'mɪtmənt/

      • Noun
      • Permanent love or concern for person, thing
      • Promise or decision to do something for a purpose
      A2
      More
    • consensual

      US /kən'senʃʊrl/

      UK /kən'senʃʊəl/

      • Adjective
      • (E.g. of sex) being agreed to by those concerned
      C1
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    • contemporary

      US /kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛri/

      UK /kən'temprərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
      • Happening in the same time period
      • Countable Noun
      • Person doing things at the same time as you
      B1
      More
    • datum

      US /ˈdetəm, ˈdætəm, ˈdɑtəm/

      UK /ˈdeɪtəm/

      • Noun
      • Item of factual information
      B1
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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.
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • diminish

      US /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/

      UK /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make something smaller or less important
      • To imply someone's reputation is less good
      B1
      More
    • dissolve

      US /dɪˈzɑ:lv/

      UK /dɪˈzɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause something to end
      • To dismiss, e.g. a law-making body
      B2
      More
    • drastically

      US /ˈdræstɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /'drɑ:stɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
      B2TOEIC
      More
    • ecological

      US /ˌi:kəˈlɑ:dʒɪkl/

      UK /ˌi:kəˈlɒdʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the environment, plants, or animals
      B1
      More
    • elevate

      US /ˈɛləˌvet/

      UK /ˈelɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something higher
      • To raise something in status, importance, feeling
      B2
      More
    • evidence of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
      • Something that shows that something else exists or is true.
      A1
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    • expire

      US /ɪkˈspaɪr/

      UK /ɪk'spaɪə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To breathe out
      • To die
      B2TOEIC
      More
    • fertility

      US /fɚˈtɪlɪti/

      UK /fəˈtɪləti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The state of a female being able to produce young
      • State of soil being able to produce many plants
      B1
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
      More
    • get here

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To arrive at a specific location.
      A1
      More
    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      A1
      More
    • havoc

      US /'hævək/

      UK /ˈhævək/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
      B2
      More
    • historic

      US /hɪˈstɔrɪk, -ˈstɑr-/

      UK /hɪˈstɒrɪk/

      • Adjective
      • (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
      • Connected with the past
      B1
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    • hormonal

      US /hɔ:'moʊnl/

      UK /hɔ:'məʊnl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
      B2
      More
    • in charge

      US /ɪn tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /in tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Adverb
      • To be responsible for
      A1
      More
    • in reality

      US /ɪn riˈælɪti/

      UK /in riˈæliti/

      • Phrase
      • Actually; in fact; truly.
      B2
      More
    • in the driver's seat

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • In a position of control or authority.
      A1
      More
    • in the past

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
      A1
      More
    • initiate

      US /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/

      UK /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause something to begin
      • To allow someone into a group by a special ceremony
      • Noun
      • A person who has been initiated into an organization or activity.
      A2TOEIC
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    • invest

      US /ɪnˈvɛst/

      UK /ɪn'vest/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use resources to build for the future
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • irony

      US /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪə-/

      UK /'aɪrənɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
      • A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems opposite to what you expected.
      B2
      More
    • marvelous

      US /ˈmɑrvələs/

      UK /'mɑ:vɪləs/

      • Adjective
      • Extraordinarily good or great
      • Remarkably skilled or talented.
      B2
      More
    • mate

      US /met/

      UK /meɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
      • Partner in a (sexual) relationship
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To pair a male and female so they have children
      • To join or fit two things together
      B1
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    • maximize

      US /ˈmæksəˌmaɪz/

      UK /ˈmæksɪmaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make as large or great as possible
      B1
      More
    • mess around

      US /mɛs əˈraʊnd/

      UK /mes əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cheat on your partner with another lover
      • To pass the time aimlessly
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To behave in a silly or playful way.
      • To spend time doing things that are not important or useful.
      A2
      More
    • navigate

      US /ˈnævɪˌɡet/

      UK /'nævɪɡeɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
      • To deal successfully with something complex
      B2
      More
    • occur

      US /əˈkɚ/

      UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To come to pass or to happen
      • To be found to exist; to be present.
      A2TOEIC
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
      A2
      More
    • of value

      US /ʌv ˈvælju/

      UK /ɔv ˈvælju/

      • Adjective
      • Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
      • Providing a benefit or advantage.
      A1
      More
    • on a level

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a fair and equal manner; with equal opportunities.
      • At the same height or plane as something else.
      A1
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    • on average

      US /ɑn ˈævərɪdʒ/

      UK /ɔn ˈævəridʒ/

      • Phrase
      • Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
      B1
      More
    • on the contrary

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In contrast; from the opposite standpoint
      B1
      More
    • on the other hand

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
      A1
      More
    • pact

      US /pækt/

      UK /pækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Agreement between people or countries
      B2
      More
    • past it

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
      • Beyond the point of being useful or functional.
      A1
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    • patriarchy

      US /ˈpeɪtriɑ:rki/

      UK /ˈpeɪtriɑ:ki/

      • Noun
      • Social system where males are rulers
      B2
      More
    • picky

      US /ˈpɪki/

      UK /ˈpɪki/

      • Adjective
      • Careful about deciding on things; hard to please
      B1
      More
    • pollination

      US /ˈpɑləneʃən/

      UK /ˌpɒlə'neɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Putting pollen on a plant so it makes seeds
      • The process of pollination carried out by insects.
      B2
      More
    • pregnancy

      US /ˈprɛɡnənsi/

      UK /ˈpregnənsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
      • A specific instance or period of being pregnant.
      B1
      More
    • profoundly

      US /prəˈfaʊndlɪ/

      UK /prəˈfaʊndli/

      • Adverb
      • With a great depth psychologically
      • To a very great extent; deeply or intensely.
      B1
      More
    • reality

      US /riˈælɪti/

      UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
      • The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
      A2
      More
    • reinforce

      US /ˌri:ɪnˈfɔ:rs/

      UK /ˌri:ɪnˈfɔ:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To send more troops/resources to support an army
      • To encourage or strengthen an idea or feeling
      B2TOEIC
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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • reveal

      US /rɪˈvil/

      UK /rɪ'vi:l/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To show something that was hidden before
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • revolutionize

      US /revəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz/

      UK /ˌrevə'lu:ʃənaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To completely change so that it is much better
      B1
      More
    • search for

      US /sɚtʃ fɔr/

      UK /sə:tʃ fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to find someone or something.
      B1
      More
    • settle down

      US /ˈsɛtl daʊn/

      UK /ˈsetl daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become calm and relaxed after not being so
      • To begin living in a stable and ordinary way
      A2
      More
    • signal

      US /ˈsɪɡnəl/

      UK /'sɪɡnəl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be evidence/an indication something will happen
      • To make a noise or motion to tell someone to start
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Evidence or an indication something will happen
      • Movement of a hand or other means to send messages
      A2
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    • solidarity

      US /ˌsɑ:lɪˈdærəti/

      UK /ˌsɒlɪˈdærəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
      B2
      More
    • speak of

      US /spik ʌv/

      UK /spi:k ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To mention someone or something in conversation.
      B1
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    • split

      US /splɪt/

      UK /splɪt/

      • Adjective
      • No longer married or in a relationship
      • (Injured) by cutting it open, as in someone's lip
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To become divided or broken along a straight line
      • To cause a cut in (lip, etc.)
      A2
      More
    • strengthen

      US /ˈstrɛŋkθən,ˈstrɛŋ-,ˈstrɛn-/

      UK /ˈstreŋθn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something stronger
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • tend

      US /tɛnd/

      UK /tend/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move or act in a certain manner
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of
      A2
      More
    • testosterone

      US /tɛsˈtɑstəˌron/

      UK /tesˈtɔstərəun/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Natural chemical responsible for the male sex
      • A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, and is produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.
      C1
      More
    • thanks to

      US /θæŋks tu/

      UK /θæŋks tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; as a result of.
      A1
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
      A1
      More
    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
      A1
      More
    • unspoken pact

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • An agreement or understanding that is not explicitly stated but is mutually understood and acted upon.
      A1
      More
    • vanish

      US /ˈvænɪʃ/

      UK /'vænɪʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
      B1
      More
    • vastly

      US /ˈvæstli/

      UK /ˈvɑ:stli/

      • Adverb
      • To an exceedingly great extent or degree
      B2
      More
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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