Vocabulary

  • in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
  • at school: Present and attending school.
  • against the grain: Contrary to someone's natural inclinations or feelings; in opposition to what is normal or expected.
  • perceive: To notice or become aware of something
  • extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
  • enormous: Huge; very big; very important
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
  • desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
  • awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
  • reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
  • burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
  • lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
  • endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
  • confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • grain: Seeds of plants used for food
  • torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
  • route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
  • shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
  • prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
  • profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
  • soil: Conditions in which something develops
  • solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • inadequate: Unsatisfactory; not good enough; not enough
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • prefer: To like something better than something else
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • fill: To make something full
  • conclude: To finish or cause to finish; end
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • graffiti: Writings and drawings on walls, often rude, funny
  • dependent: Someone who relies on (financial) support
  • embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • antisocial: Avoiding friendly associations with other people
  • adequately: Well enough; fairly good; not too bad
  • outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
  • redirect: To change the direction of something to a new way
  • parental: Concerning, or provided by, a parent
  • disapproval: When you don't like or agree with something
  • sinful: (Acts that) break a religious law
  • unworthy: Lacking in value or merit; not deserving help
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    • adequately

      US /'ædɪkwətlɪ/

      UK /'ædɪkwətlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Well enough; fairly good; not too bad
      B1
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    • against the grain

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Contrary to someone's natural inclinations or feelings; in opposition to what is normal or expected.
      • In a direction that is perpendicular to the fibers of wood, making it difficult to work with.
      A2
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    • antisocial

      US /ˌæntiˈsoʊʃl/

      UK /ˌæntiˈsəʊʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Avoiding friendly associations with other people
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    • at school

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present and attending school.
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    • awful

      US /ˈɔfəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:fl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; horrible; terrible
      A2
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    • blame

      US /blem/

      UK /bleɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To say someone is responsible for something bad
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saying someone did something bad
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    • burden

      US /ˈbɚdn/

      UK /'bɜ:dn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something difficult to do, manage, or accept
      • Something that is carried with difficulty; an oppressive load.
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    • conclude

      US /kənˈklud/

      UK /kənˈklu:d/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To finish or cause to finish; end
      • To arrive at a judgment or opinion
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    • confront

      US /kənˈfrʌnt/

      UK /kən'frʌnt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
      • (Of problem) to face someone who must deal with it
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    • dependent

      US /dɪˈpɛndənt/

      UK /dɪˈpendənt/

      • Adjective
      • Someone who relies on (financial) support
      • Conditional; contingent
      • Countable Noun
      • A person who relies on someone else for financial support.
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    • deserve

      US /dɪˈzɚv/

      UK /dɪ'zɜ:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
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    • desperate

      US /ˈdɛspərɪt/

      UK /ˈdespərət/

      • Adjective
      • Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
      • State of urgently wanting to go to the toilet
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    • disapproval

      US /ˌdɪsəˈpruvəl/

      UK /ˌdɪsəˈpru:vl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • When you don't like or agree with something
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    • embarrass

      US /ɛmˈbærəs/

      UK /ɪm'bærəs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to feel ashamed
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    • endure

      US /ɛnˈdʊr, -ˈdjʊr/

      UK /ɪn'djʊə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To last for a long time; continue to exist
      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept difficulties without struggle
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    • enormous

      US /ɪˈnɔrməs/

      UK /iˈnɔ:məs/

      • Adjective
      • Huge; very big; very important
      • Very great in size, amount, or degree.
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    • extremely

      US /ɪk'strimlɪ/

      UK /ɪkˈstri:mli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is much more than usual or expected
      • Remarkably; unusually.
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    • graffiti

      US /ɡrəˈfiti/

      UK /grəˈfi:ti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Writings and drawings on walls, often rude, funny
      • The activity of writing or drawing graffiti.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To create graffiti on something.
      B2
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    • grain

      US /ɡren/

      UK /greɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Seeds of plants used for food
      • Natural pattern in something, e.g. wood
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    • impressive

      US /ɪmˈprɛsɪv/

      UK /ɪmˈpresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
      • Having a strong effect, commanding attention.
      B1TOEIC
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    • in order to

      US /ɪn ˈɔrdɚ tu/

      UK /in ˈɔ:də tu:/

      • Preposition
      • For the purpose of; with the aim of.
      • Phrase
      • In a specific sequence or arrangement.
      • With the aim of; for the purpose of.
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    • inadequate

      US /ɪnˈædɪkwɪt/

      UK /ɪnˈædɪkwət/

      • Adjective
      • Unsatisfactory; not good enough; not enough
      B1
      More
    • 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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    • outward

      US /ˈaʊtwəd/

      UK /ˈaʊtwəd/

      • Adjective
      • Going away from a place that will be returned to
      • Seeming to be from the outside
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    • parental

      US /pəˈrɛntl:/

      UK /pəˈrentl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning, or provided by, a parent
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    • perceive

      US /pɚˈsiv/

      UK /pə'si:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To notice or become aware of something
      • To think of someone or something in a certain way
      B1TOEIC
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    • profoundly

      US /prəˈfaʊndlɪ/

      UK /prəˈfaʊndli/

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

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an appropriate or correct manner
      • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
      A2
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    • prove

      US /pruv/

      UK /pru:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
      • To test the quality or worth of something.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To turn out to be; be found to be.
      A2TOEIC
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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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    • redirect

      US /ˌridɪˈrɛkt,-daɪ-/

      UK /ˌri:dəˈrekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change the direction of something to a new way
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    • route

      US /rut, raʊt/

      UK /ru:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way to get from one place to another place; path
      • Path or way that people often use
      • Transitive Verb
      • To send along a particular path or way
      A2TOEIC
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    • shame

      US /ʃem/

      UK /ʃeɪm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel ashamed
      A2
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    • sinful

      US /ˈsɪnfəl/

      UK /ˈsɪnfl/

      • Adjective
      • (Acts that) break a religious law
      B2
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    • soil

      US /sɔɪl/

      UK /sɔɪl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Conditions in which something develops
      • Mix of natural material in which plants grow
      • Transitive Verb
      • To get or become dirty
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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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    • torture

      US /ˈtɔrtʃɚ/

      UK /'tɔ:tʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hurting someone to force them to give information
      • Painful suffering or distress
      • Transitive Verb
      • To painfully hurt someone to get information
      • To cause someone to suffer greatly; torment
      B2
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    • unworthy

      US /ʌnˈwɜ:rði/

      UK /ʌnˈwɜ:ði/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking in value or merit; not deserving help
      B2
      More
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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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