Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
  • live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
  • approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • positive: Showing agreement or support for something
  • capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
  • represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
  • academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
  • abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
  • issue: To make something available to be used or sold
  • reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
  • responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
  • construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
  • gender: State of being male or female
  • ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
  • visual: Of or relating to vision
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
  • race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
  • social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • ironic: Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
  • empower: To give someone a power or ability
  • singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • persevere: To continue to try despite difficulties
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
  • streamline: To make smooth or more efficient
  • duet: Piece of music for two players or singers
  • bazaar: Market of small shops that sell various items
  • duality: Tech having two aspects, e.g. mind and matter
  • abstraction: Concept or idea related to something not physical
  • artwork: the pieces of art, such as drawings and photographs, that are used in books, newspapers, and magazines
  • marginalize: To make a person or group powerless or unimportant
  • quartet: Group of four musicians playing together
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    • abstract

      US /ˈæbˌstrækt/

      UK /'æbstrækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Passage of text from an article or book
      • Something that doesn't exist physically
      • Adjective
      • Concerning something that doesn't exist physically
      • Relating to abstract art.
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    • abstraction

      US /æbˈstrækʃən, əb-/

      UK /æbˈstrækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Concept or idea related to something not physical
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    • academic

      US /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/

      UK /ˌækə'demɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
      • Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Educator teaching at a college or university
      • A subject taught at schools and universities.
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    • approach

      US /əˈprəʊtʃ/

      UK /ə'prəʊtʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
      • To request someone to do something specific
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
      • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
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    • artwork

      US /ˈɑrtˌwɚk/

      UK /ˈɑ:twə:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • the pieces of art, such as drawings and photographs, that are used in books, newspapers, and magazines
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    • bazaar

      US /bəˈzɑr/

      UK /bəˈzɑ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Market of small shops that sell various items
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    • capacity

      US /kəˈpæsɪti/

      UK /kə'pæsətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
      • Largest amount of something that can be produced
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    • 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
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    • comfort

      US /ˈkʌmfət/

      UK /'kʌmfət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to make distressed person feel better
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Acts or words that reduce pain or sadness
      • State of being relaxed, warm or happy
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    • commission

      US /kəˈmɪʃən/

      UK /kə'mɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
      • An official role or title in the military
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hire someone, order work to be done for payment
      • To formally ask someone to create or produce something.
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    • compose

      US /kəmˈpoʊz/

      UK /kəmˈpəʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To calm yourself after being angry or upset
      • To write an essay, article, poem, music etc.
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    • construction

      US /kənˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /kən'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of building something; thing that is built
      • Something that is made using different parts
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    • context

      US /ˈkɑnˌtɛkst/

      UK /ˈkɒntekst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Set of facts surrounding a person or event
      • The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
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    • do in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make completely tired out and exhausted
      • To destroy or cause damage to someone
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    • duality

      US /duˈælɪti, dju-/

      UK /dju:ˈæləti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Tech having two aspects, e.g. mind and matter
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    • duet

      US /duˈɛt, dju-/

      UK /djʊ'et/

      • Noun
      • Piece of music for two players or singers
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To perform a duet.
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    • empower

      US /ɛmˈpaʊɚ/

      UK /ɪm'paʊə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a power or ability
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    • gender

      US /ˈdʒɛndɚ/

      UK /'dʒendə(r)/

      • Noun
      • State of being male or female
      • The socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To assign a gender to; to consider something in terms of gender.
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    • get out of

      US /ɡɛt aʊt ʌv/

      UK /ɡet aut ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
      • To leave a small, enclosed vehicle
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • ironic

      US /aɪˈrɑnɪk/

      UK /aɪˈrɒnɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
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    • ironically

      US /aɪ'rɒnɪklɪ/

      UK /aɪ'rɒnɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Contrary to plan or expectation
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    • issue

      US /ˈɪʃu/

      UK /'ɪʃu:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something available to be used or sold
      • To deliver a statement, etc. in an official manner
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Important topic discussed, debated or argued over
      • Single edition of a magazine
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    • live on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue to exist or be remembered.
      • To eat a particular type of food as the main thing.
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    • manipulate

      US /məˈnɪpjəˌlet/

      UK /mə'nɪpjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to control others to gain an advantage
      • To handle or work in a skillful manner
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    • marginalize

      US /ˈmɑrdʒənəˌlaɪz/

      UK /'mɑ:dʒɪnəlaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a person or group powerless or unimportant
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    • necessarily

      US /ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrəli, -ˈsɛr-/

      UK /ˌnesəˈserəli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
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    • persevere

      US /ˌpɜ:rsəˈvɪr/

      UK /ˌpɜ:sɪˈvɪə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue to try despite difficulties
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    • positive

      US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Showing agreement or support for something
      • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
      • Noun
      • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark
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    • quartet

      US /kwɔrˈtɛt/

      UK /kwɔ:'tet/

      • Noun
      • Group of four musicians playing together
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    • race

      US /res/

      UK /reɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
      • People who share physical features or culture
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To take part in a running or swimming competition
      • To move or go at a very fast pace
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    • reach

      US /ritʃ/

      UK /ri:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
      • To be long enough to get to a certain place
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Power or control someone has over something
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    • remain

      US /rɪˈmen/

      UK /rɪˈmeɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be left behind; to continue to exist
      • To stay in a place when other people have gone
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    • represent

      US /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/

      UK /ˌreprɪ'zent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
      • To show or describe something in a particular way
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    • responsible

      US / rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the cause of something that has occurred
      • Having the duty of dealing with something
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    • singular

      US /ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚ/

      UK /ˈsɪŋgjələ(r)/

      • Noun
      • Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
      • Adjective
      • Seeming odd or unusual
      • One of
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    • streamline

      US /ˈstrimˌlaɪn/

      UK /ˈstri:mlaɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make smooth or more efficient
      • Adjective
      • Having a smooth efficient shape
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • ultimately

      US /ˈʌltəmɪtli/

      UK /ˈʌltɪmətli/

      • Adverb
      • Done or considered as the final and most important
      • Fundamentally; at the most basic level.
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    • visual

      US /ˈvɪʒuəl/

      UK /'vɪʒʊəl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to vision
      • Noun
      • Pictures/images used to help audience understand
      • A picture, map, piece of film, or other visual representation.
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    • vocabulary

      US /voˈkæbjəˌlɛri/

      UK /və'kæbjələrɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Words that have to do with a particular subject
      • The words that a person knows
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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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