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  • hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
  • for nothing: Without payment or reward; to no purpose or effect; in vain
  • have to: Must do
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • fall apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
  • give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
  • hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
  • flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
  • tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
  • craft: To make by hand and with much skill
  • rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
  • compare: To consider how similar and different things are
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • fit: Good looking; physically attractive
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
  • phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
  • soggy: Unpleasantly wet
  • splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
  • rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
  • solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • buoyancy: Degree to which a thing floats on liquid or in air
  • prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • stable: In a position where something does not fall over
  • handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
  • operation: Business or company, or its activities
  • aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
  • foil: To cleverly prevent (plot/crime) from happening
  • raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
  • cardboard: Lightweight paper board
  • sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
  • fort: Group of military buildings with high walls
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    • aluminum

      US /ə'lju:minəm/

      UK /ə'lju:minəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
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    • awesome

      US /ˈɔsəm/

      UK /'ɔ:səm/

      • Adjective
      • Great; wonderful; stupendous
      B2TOEIC
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    • buoyancy

      US /ˈbɔɪənsi, ˈbujən-/

      UK /'bɔɪənsɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Degree to which a thing floats on liquid or in air
      • An optimistic and cheerful disposition.
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    • cardboard

      US /ˈkɑ:rdbɔ:rd/

      UK /ˈkɑ:dbɔ:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lightweight paper board
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    • come up with

      US /kʌm ʌp wɪð/

      UK /kʌm ʌp wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To think of an idea or solution; produce
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • craft

      US /kræft/

      UK /krɑ:ft/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make by hand and with much skill
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Job requiring a worker to have specific skills
      • Vehicle that travels on water or through the air
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    • decide

      US /dɪˈsaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'saɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
      • To make a legal judgment in court
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    • fall apart

      US /fɔl əˈpɑrt/

      UK /fɔ:l əˈpɑ:t/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To suffer a nervous breakdown
      • To break into pieces; stop functioning
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    • fascinating

      US /ˈfæsəˌnetɪŋ/

      UK /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attract or interest greatly
      • To hold someone captive with a gaze or other means.
      • Adjective
      • Having your attention fixated as though by a spell
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    • fit

      US /fɪt/

      UK /fɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Good looking; physically attractive
      • Having good physical health and strength
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To install a machine, equipment etc.
      • To adjust or change to the right size or shape
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    • flat

      US /flæt/

      UK /flæt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Apartment; set of rooms for living in
      • The smooth or level part of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To share an apartment with someone
      • To fail to produce the intended effect; to be unsuccessful or uninteresting.
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    • float

      US /floʊt/

      UK /fləʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To sell the shares of a company publicly
      • To move slowly and easily through air
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object designed to stay on the surface of water
      • Decorated truck used in a festival
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    • fluid

      US /ˈfluɪd/

      UK /'flu:ɪd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
      • Liquid that flows smoothly, such as water
      • Adjective
      • Able to move smoothly or gracefully
      • Liable to change; unstable.
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    • foil

      US /fɔɪl/

      UK /fɔɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cleverly prevent (plot/crime) from happening
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very thin layer of metal
      B2TOEIC
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    • for nothing

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Without payment or reward; to no purpose or effect; in vain
      • Free; without cost
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    • fort

      US /fɔ:rt/

      UK /fɔ:t/

      • Noun
      • Group of military buildings with high walls
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    • give up

      US /ɡɪv ʌp/

      UK /ɡiv ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To lose hope or admit defeat
      • To decide to not start to try solving a problem
      • Verb Phrase
      • to surrender an item; hand over an item
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    • handle

      US /ˈhændl/

      UK /'hændl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cope with or take responsibility for
      • To control a machine, car etc.
      • Countable Noun
      • The part of a door you hold to open it
      • Thing you hold to carry or open a bag, pan etc.
      A2TOEIC
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hold on

      US /hold ɑn/

      UK /həuld ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
      • To wait for a short time.
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    • hold onto

      US /hold ˈɑnˌtu/

      UK /həuld ˈɔntu/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To grasp or grip something tightly.
      • To keep or retain possession of something.
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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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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • operation

      US /ˌɑpəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Business or company, or its activities
      • Functioning; use
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    • phase

      US /fez/

      UK /feɪz/

      • Noun
      • Different stages of the moon from new to full
      • Distinct part or step in a process
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make happen in a gradual ordered way
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    • plenty

      US /ˈplɛnti/

      UK /'plentɪ/

      • Pronoun
      • When there is not too little of something; a lot
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A large or sufficient amount or quantity; abundance.
      • A lot of something
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    • prototype

      US /ˈproʊ.t̬ə.taɪp/

      UK /ˈprəʊ.tə.taɪp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
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    • raft

      US /ræft/

      UK /rɑ:ft/

      • Countable Noun
      • Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
      B2
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    • rarely

      US /ˈrɛrli/

      UK /ˈrɛəli/

      • Adverb
      • Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
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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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    • rough

      US /rʌf/

      UK /rʌf/

      • Adjective
      • Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
      • (Of situations) tough; difficult to get through
      • Adverb
      • In a manner that is difficult, or violent
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    • sag

      US /sæɡ/

      UK /sæɡ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become weak and less useful; to decrease
      • To hang loosely from something
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    • soggy

      US /'sɑ:ɡɪ/

      UK /'sɒɡɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Unpleasantly wet
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    • solution

      US /səˈluʃən/

      UK /səˈlu:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
      • Way to solve or deal with a problem
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    • solve

      US /sɑ:lv/

      UK /sɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
      A2TOEIC
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    • splash

      US /splæʃ/

      UK /splæʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To throw water or liquids in many directions
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of throwing water in various directions
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    • stable

      US /ˈstebəl/

      UK /'steɪbl/

      • Adjective
      • In a position where something does not fall over
      • Having a chemical state that is not easily changed
      • Countable Noun
      • Group of racing horses that belong to one owner
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • thanks to

      US /θæŋks tu/

      UK /θæŋks tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; as a result of.
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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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    • tip

      US /tɪp/

      UK /tɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pour or move something from a place, container
      • To give extra money for good service
      • Noun
      • End point of e.g. a pencil or finger
      • Extra money given for good service
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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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