Vocabulary

  • for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
  • in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
  • behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
  • in terms of
  • over time: Gradually; as time passes.
  • under the influence: Affected by alcohol or drugs to the extent that mental and physical control is markedly diminished.
  • get stuck in: To become enthusiastically involved in something.
  • being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
  • conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
  • meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
  • access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
  • constant: Happening frequently or without pause
  • physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • evolve: To develop certain features
  • aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
  • psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
  • interact: To talk or do things with each other
  • solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
  • default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
  • track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
  • measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
  • separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
  • reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • influence: To affect or change something indirectly
  • frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
  • concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • occur: To come to pass or to happen
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
  • grasp: Person's control over something
  • decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
  • effect: An advantage, benefit
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
  • immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
  • activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • static: Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
  • complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
  • exterior: Outside layer or surface
  • subtract: To take away a value or amount from another
  • entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
  • equate: To consider things to be equal or the same
  • infancy: Time of a person's life when he or she is a baby
  • scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
  • liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
  • freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
  • expansive: Talkative; speaking freely
  • psychedelic: Having very bright contrasting colors and shapes
  • calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
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    • access

      US /ˈæksɛs/

      UK /'ækses/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
      • The opportunity or right to use something or to see someone.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to use or have permission to use
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    • aware

      US /əˈwɛr/

      UK /əˈwɛə/

      • Adjective
      • Knowing or feeling that something exists
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    • behind the scenes

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Secretly or without being known to the public.
      • In a position to influence events without any public knowledge.
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    • being with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
      • Supporting someone's opinion or cause.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Accompanying someone; spending time with someone.
      • Supporting someone; agreeing with someone.
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    • beneficial

      US /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl/

      UK /ˌbenɪˈfɪʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
      • Promoting or contributing to physical or mental well-being.
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    • calculation

      US /ˌkælkjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Process or result of using mathematics
      • An educated guess about something
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    • complexity

      US /kəmˈplɛksɪti/

      UK /kəm'pleksətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of having many parts and not being simple
      • A factor or element that makes something complicated.
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    • concrete

      US /kɑnˈkrit, kɑŋ-, ˈkɑnˌkrit, ˈkɑŋ-/

      UK /'kɒŋkri:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover or make with a hard grey building material
      • To lay or cover with concrete.
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    • conscious

      US /ˈkɑnʃəs/

      UK /ˈkɒnʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Aware of what is going on around you
      • Intentionally done; deliberate.
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    • consciousness

      US /ˈkɑnʃəsnɪs/

      UK /'kɒnʃəsnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
      • A person's awareness or perception of something.
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    • constant

      US /ˈkɑnstənt/

      UK /'kɒnstənt/

      • Adjective
      • Happening frequently or without pause
      • Remaining the same over time or not changing.
      • Noun
      • Thing that happens always or at a regular rate
      • A physical quantity that is believed to have a fixed value and is used in calculations.
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    • default

      US /dɪˈfɔlt/

      UK /dɪ'fɔ:lt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Automatic setting when no indicated preference
      • Failure to meet an agreement or make a payment
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To fail to meet as agreed; failure to pay
      • To return to a previously determined state
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    • entity

      US /ˈɛntɪti/

      UK /'entətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that exists by itself and is real
      • A thing with distinct and independent existence.
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    • equate

      US /ɪˈkwet/

      UK /ɪ'kweɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To consider things to be equal or the same
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    • evolve

      US /ɪˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪ'vɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To develop certain features
      • To develop or change slowly over time
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    • expansive

      US /ɪkˈspænsɪv/

      UK /ɪkˈspænsɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Talkative; speaking freely
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    • exterior

      US /ɪkˈstɪriɚ/

      UK /ɪkˈstɪəriə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Outside layer or surface
      • Way a person appears or seems to other people
      • Adjective
      • External; of the outside part
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    • for the most part

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Generally; mostly; on the whole.
      • Mostly; generally; in most cases.
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    • freedom

      US /ˈfridəm/

      UK /'fri:dəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being free, not being controlled
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    • frustration

      US /frʌˈstreʃən/

      UK /frʌ'streɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
      • The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something.
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    • get stuck in

      US /ɡɛt stʌk ɪn/

      UK /ɡet stʌk in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become enthusiastically involved in something.
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    • grasp

      US /ɡræsp/

      UK /ɡrɑ:sp/

      • Noun
      • Person's control over something
      • Act of holding something strongly in your hands
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold something in your hand very tightly
      • To understand or make sense of a complex idea
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    • illusion

      US /ɪˈluʒən/

      UK /ɪ'lu:ʒn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Idea, image or impression that is not correct
      • Something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
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    • immerse

      US /ɪˈmɜ:rs/

      UK /ɪˈmɜ:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put something in liquid until it is covered
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To become completely involved in something
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    • in terms of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • With regard to; concerning a particular aspect.
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    • in the way

      US /ɪn ði we/

      UK /in ðə wei/

      • Phrase
      • Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
      • Stored or placed so as to be available or ready when needed.
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    • infancy

      US /ˈɪnfənsi/

      UK /ˈɪnfənsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Time of a person's life when he or she is a baby
      • The early stage of development of something.
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    • influence

      US / ˈɪnfluəns/

      UK /'ɪnflʊəns/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To affect or change something indirectly
      • To persuade someone to do something.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The power to affect what happens, to persuade etc.
      • A person or thing that affects someone or something in an important way.
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    • interact

      US /ˌɪntɚˈækt/

      UK /ˌɪntər'ækt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To talk or do things with each other
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    • liberate

      US /ˈlɪbəˌret/

      UK /'lɪbəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone or something that was captured
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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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    • meditation

      US /ˌmɛdɪˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌmedɪ'teɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of deep and quiet thinking
      • The practice of focusing one's mind for a period of time.
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    • move up

      US /muv ʌp/

      UK /mu:v ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To advance to a higher rank or position.
      • To advance in a line or queue.
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    • occur

      US /əˈkɚ/

      UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To come to pass or to happen
      • To be found to exist; to be present.
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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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    • physical

      US /ˈfɪzɪkəl/

      UK /ˈfɪzɪkl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Health check at the doctors' or hospital
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the body of a person
      • Concerning things that can be seen or touched
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    • process

      US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/

      UK /prə'ses/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To organize and use data in a computer
      • To deal with official forms in the way required
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dealing with official forms in the way required
      • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
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    • psychedelic

      US /ˌsaɪkɪˈdɛlɪk/

      UK /ˌsaɪkəˈdelɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having very bright contrasting colors and shapes
      • Relating to or denoting drugs that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness.
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    • psychological

      US /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/

      UK /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the study of the mind
      • Relating to or involving the use of propaganda, threats, or other psychological techniques to subdue an opponent.
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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    • 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.
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    • scan

      US /skæn/

      UK /skæn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To look inside of the body with a special machine
      • To look at something very quickly for information
      • Noun
      • A look inside the body with a special machine
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    • separate

      US /'sepəreɪt/

      UK /'sepəreɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Being different from or unrelated to another
      • Not connected; different.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To move things away from each other
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    • solid

      US /ˈsɑlɪd/

      UK /'sɒlɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Being able to be trusted; reliable
      • Substance that is hard or of fixed shape
      • Noun
      • Something firm or hard; not gas or liquid
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    • static

      US /ˈstætɪk/

      UK /ˈstætɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
      • Being unchangeable or unmovable
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Unwanted noise that disturbs a radio or TV signal
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    • subtract

      US /səbˈtrækt/

      UK /səbˈtrækt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take away a value or amount from another
      • To take away a value or amount from another
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    • track

      US /træk/

      UK /træk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use marks to follow a wild animal
      • To move a certain way/follow a particular course
      • Noun
      • A circular course for running
      • Course or way someone takes, e.g. in education
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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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    • under the influence

      US /ˈʌndɚ ði ˈɪnfluəns/

      UK /ˈʌndə ðə ˈinfluəns/

      • Adjective
      • Affected by alcohol or drugs to the extent that mental and physical control is markedly diminished.
      • Phrase
      • Being affected or controlled by someone or something.
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    • wrap

      US /ræp/

      UK /ræp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
      • Thin bread filled with food and rolled
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be or move around something
      • To cover something with paper or a cloth e.g. gift
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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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