Vocabulary

  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • around the world: In or to many countries.
  • of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • broken leg: A fracture in one of the bones of the leg.
  • run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
  • in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
  • rely on: To depend on someone or something
  • family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
  • highly unlikely: Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
  • over time: Gradually; as time passes.
  • change over: To switch from one thing to another.
  • in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
  • together with: In addition to; along with.
  • such as: For example; like
  • at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
  • have to: Must do
  • after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
  • for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
  • medical research: Scientific investigation to improve medical knowledge and treatments.
  • set up
  • compulsory education: Education that is required by law to be attended by all children.
  • know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
  • check out
  • anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
  • mental: Concerning the mind
  • depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
  • reveal: To show something that was hidden before
  • evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
  • disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
  • identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
  • complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • awareness: Having knowledge of something
  • industry: Hard work; being busy working
  • lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
  • personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
  • condition: To improve something to make it better
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • association: Organization of people with the same interest
  • genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
  • novelty: Items that are unusual, interesting, or unique
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
  • major: High-ranking officer in the army
  • cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
  • autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
  • treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
  • normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
  • profit: Benefit from doing something
  • ambiguity: State of being confusing, uncertain or unclear
  • biological: Being related to life and living things
  • diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
  • diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
  • committee: Group of people who do or decide something
  • psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
  • organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
  • public: Owned by the government
  • overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
  • disruptive: Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
  • subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
  • prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
  • edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
  • abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
  • clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • statistical: Concerning the math of data
  • autistic: Suffering from autism
  • classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
  • expensive: Costing a lot of money
  • schizophrenia: Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
  • bipolar: (Disorder) exhibiting extremes of behavior
  • borderline: Line dividing two areas or categories
  • oversee: To check on or manage the work of others
  • depressive: Suffering a psychological lack of happiness
  • antidepressant: Medicine used to treat depression
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    • abnormal

      US /æbˈnɔ:rml/

      UK /æbˈnɔ:ml/

      • Adjective
      • Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
      • Relating to behavior that deviates from the norm.
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    • after all

      US /ˈæftɚ ɔl/

      UK /ˈɑ:ftə ɔ:l/

      • Adverb
      • In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
      • Considering everything; used to indicate that something is happening or is true despite some difficulty or obstacle
      • Phrase
      • Despite what was expected or thought; in spite of everything.
      • Taking everything into consideration; considering that.
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    • ambiguity

      US /ˌæmbɪˈɡjuɪti/

      UK /ˌæmbɪ'ɡju:ətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being confusing, uncertain or unclear
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    • antidepressant

      US /ˌæntidɪˈprɛsənt, ˌæntaɪ-/

      UK /ˌæntidɪˈpresnt/

      • Noun
      • Medicine used to treat depression
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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.
      B1
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    • around the world

      US /əˈraʊnd ði wɜrld/

      UK /əˈraund ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • In or to many countries.
      • In various places throughout the world.
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    • association

      US /əˌsoʊʃi'eɪʃn/

      UK /əˌsəʊʃɪ'eɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Organization of people with the same interest
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    • at best

      US /æt bɛst/

      UK /æt best/

      • Phrase
      • Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
      A1
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    • autism

      US /ˈɔˌtɪzəm/

      UK /ˈɔ:tɪzəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Disorder that prevents normal communication
      B2
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    • autistic

      US /ɔ:'tɪstɪk/

      UK /ɔ:'tɪstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Suffering from autism
      B2
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    • awareness

      US /əˈwɛrnɪs/

      UK /əˈweənəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Having knowledge of something
      A2TOEIC
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    • bias

      US /ˈbaɪəs/

      UK /'baɪəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Preference to believe things even if incorrect
      • A systematic error in a statistical result
      • Transitive Verb
      • To unfairly favor one view over another
      • To cause someone to have prejudice
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    • biological

      US /ˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/

      UK /ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Being related to life and living things
      • A substance, such as a detergent, that contains enzymes.
      B1
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    • bipolar

      US /ˌbaɪˈpoʊlər/

      UK /ˌbaɪˈpəʊlə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • (Disorder) exhibiting extremes of behavior
      • Having two opposite poles
      B2
      More
    • borderline

      US /ˈbɔrdɚˌlaɪn/

      UK /'bɔ:dəlaɪn/

      • Noun
      • Line dividing two areas or categories
      • Adjective
      • Almost being; nearly (something specified)
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    • broken leg

      US /ˈbrokən lɛɡ/

      UK /ˈbrəukən leɡ/

      • Noun
      • A fracture in one of the bones of the leg.
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    • categorize

      US /'kætəɡəraɪz/

      UK /ˈkætəgəraɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To distribute into classes or the same type
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    • change over

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To switch from one thing to another.
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • classify

      US /ˈklæsəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'klæsɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange things into groups of similar items
      • To keep some information secret from the public
      B2
      More
    • committee

      US /kəˈmɪti/

      UK /kəˈmɪti/

      • Countable Noun
      • Group of people who do or decide something
      • A body of people formally appointed to consider or take action on a particular matter.
      A2
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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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    • compulsory

      US /kəmˈpʌlsəri/

      UK /kəmˈpʌlsəri/

      • Adjective
      • Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
      B2
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    • compulsory education

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Education that is required by law to be attended by all children.
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    • condition

      US /kənˈdɪʃən/

      UK /kənˈdɪʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To improve something to make it better
      • To cause to behave automatically in a certain way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Disease or other medical problem
      • The state of living you are in, e.g. good health
      A2
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    • cure

      US /kjʊr/

      UK /kjʊə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Something that solves a problem or makes it better
      • Medical treatment making a sick person healthy
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fix or improve a problem
      • To make someone healthy or make a disease go away
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    • depression

      US /dɪˈprɛʃən/

      UK /dɪ'preʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Medical condition of a lack of vitality
      • Period of unemployment and low economic activity
      B2
      More
    • depressive

      US /dɪˈprɛsɪv/

      UK /dɪˈpresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Suffering a psychological lack of happiness
      B2
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    • diagnose

      US /ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊs/

      UK /ˈdaɪəgnəʊz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To determine the cause of an illness or problem
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    • diagnosis

      US /ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsɪs/

      UK /ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsɪs/

      • Noun (plural)
      • Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
      • Noun
      • The identification of a disease or condition.
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    • disorder

      US /dɪsˈɔrdɚ/

      UK /dɪs'ɔ:də(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of confusion or a lack of organization
      • Illness when the body is not functioning well
      • Transitive Verb
      • To disrupt the order or arrangement of something.
      B2
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    • disruptive

      US /dɪsˈrʌptɪv/

      UK /dɪsˈrʌptɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
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    • edition

      US /ɪˈdɪʃən/

      UK /ɪˈdɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
      • All the copies of a book, newspaper, etc. printed at one time.
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    • family members

      US

      UK

      • Noun (plural)
      • People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
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    • for certain

      US /fɔr ˈsɚtn/

      UK /fɔ: ˈsə:tn/

      • Idiom
      • Definitely; without a doubt.
      • Phrase
      • Without any doubt; definitely.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • genetic

      US /dʒəˈnɛtɪk/

      UK /dʒəˈnetɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
      • Relating to genes or heredity.
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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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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • highly unlikely

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
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    • identify

      US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/

      UK /aɪ'dentɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To indicate who or what someone or something is
      • To say exactly what something is
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    • in public

      US /ɪn ˈpʌblɪk/

      UK /in ˈpʌblik/

      • Phrase
      • In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to the government or the people as a whole.
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    • in the hands of

      US /ɪn ðə ˈhændz ʌv/

      UK /in ðə ˈhændz ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • Under the control or responsibility of someone.
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    • insurance

      US /ɪnˈʃʊrəns/

      UK /ɪnˈʃʊərəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
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    • know about

      US /noʊ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /nəʊ əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
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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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    • major

      US /ˈmedʒɚ/

      UK /'meɪdʒə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • High-ranking officer in the army
      • Main subject you study at university
      • Adjective
      • Main league; esp. referring to American baseball
      • Important, serious, or large in scope, size
      A2TOEIC
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    • medical research

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Scientific investigation to improve medical knowledge and treatments.
      B2
      More
    • medication

      US /ˌmɛdɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
      B2
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    • mental

      US /ˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the mind
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    • novelty

      US /ˈnɑ:vlti/

      UK /ˈnɒvlti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items that are unusual, interesting, or unique
      B2TOEIC
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    • of interest

      US /əv ˈɪntrɪst/

      UK /əv ˈɪntrəst/

      • other
      • Relevant or important to someone or something.
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    • organization

      US /ˌɔrɡənɪˈzeʃən/

      UK /ˌɔ:gənaɪˈzeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people with a particular purpose
      • The way in which something is structured or arranged.
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    • over time

      US /ˈovɚ taɪm/

      UK /ˈəuvə taim/

      • Phrase
      • Gradually; as time passes.
      • During a long period.
      • Adverb
      • Gradually; as time passes.
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    • overlap

      US /ˌoʊvərˈlæp/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈlæp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To lie over or cover a part of something else
      • To happen at the same time as another event
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount shared in the same space, form, idea
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    • oversee

      US /ˌovɚˈsi/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'si:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To check on or manage the work of others
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    • personality

      US /ˌpɚsəˈnælɪti/

      UK /ˌpɜ:səˈnæləti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
      • Person who is famous; celebrity
      A2
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    • prescribe

      US /prɪˈskraɪb/

      UK /prɪ'skraɪb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
      • To set down rules or guidelines
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    • profit

      US /'prɑ:fɪt/

      UK /'prɒfɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Benefit from doing something
      • Money earned from sales, after costs are deducted
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be a benefit to someone
      • To earn money from something
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    • psychiatric

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the treatment of the mind
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    • rely on

      US /rɪˈlaɪ ɑn/

      UK /riˈlai ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To depend on someone or something
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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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    • 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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    • reveal

      US /rɪˈvil/

      UK /rɪ'vi:l/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To show something that was hidden before
      A2TOEIC
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    • run in

      US /rʌn ɪn/

      UK /rʌn in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrest person and take them to police station
      • To drive engine slowly until ready for normal use
      A1
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    • set up

      US /sɛt ʌp/

      UK /set ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make arrangements for something; establish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange or prepare something for use.
      • To start a business, organization, etc.
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    • spectrum

      US /ˈspɛktrəm/

      UK /'spektrəm/

      • Noun
      • The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
      • a range of different positions, opinions, etc. between two extreme points
      B1
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    • statistical

      US /stəˈtɪstɪkəl/

      UK /stə'tɪstɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the math of data
      B1
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    • subjective

      US /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/

      UK /səbˈdʒektɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
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    • such as

      US /sʌtʃ æz/

      UK /sʌtʃ æz/

      • Preposition
      • For example; like
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    • together with

      US /təˈɡɛðɚ wɪð/

      UK /təˈɡeðə wið/

      • Preposition
      • In addition to; along with.
      • Including; as well as.
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    • treatment

      US /ˈtritmənt/

      UK /ˈtri:tmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Medicine or method to make someone healthier
      • Way someone acts toward another
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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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    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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