Vocabulary

  • hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
  • have to: Must do
  • for long: For a considerable period of time.
  • at a time: Separately; one by one
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
  • mental: Concerning the mind
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • prioritize: To rank things in importance
  • strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
  • majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
  • crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
  • disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • spouse: Someone's husband or wife
  • commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
  • environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
  • narrative: The telling of a story
  • cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
  • tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
  • mean: Average of a set of numbers
  • physically: In a manner related to the body
  • primary: Most important, most basic or essential
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • huge: Very very large
  • raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
  • secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
  • illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
  • primarily: In the most basic or important way
  • fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
  • internal: Being or happening in the body
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
  • ambivalent: Not sure what you feel about something
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • emotionally: In a way that shows your feelings
  • attach: To be associated or connected with
  • slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
  • reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
  • cling: To be dependent on
  • rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
  • attachment: Act of connecting one thing to another
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • trust: To expect confidently
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
  • borderline: Line dividing two areas or categories
  • helplessness: A feeling of being unable to manage
  • enrage: To cause to feel extreme anger
  • institutional: Being related or similar to an institution
  • babysitter: Person looking after children for parents
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    • ambivalent

      US /æmˈbɪvələnt/

      UK /æmˈbɪvələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Not sure what you feel about something
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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.
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    • at a time

      US /æt e taɪm/

      UK /æt ə taim/

      • Phrase
      • Separately; one by one
      • Simultaneously; together
      A1
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    • attach

      US /əˈtætʃ/

      UK /ə'tætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be associated or connected with
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    • attachment

      US /əˈtætʃmənt/

      UK /əˈtætʃmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of connecting one thing to another
      • File added to an email message
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • babysitter

      US

      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • Person looking after children for parents
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    • borderline

      US /ˈbɔrdɚˌlaɪn/

      UK /'bɔ:dəlaɪn/

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

      US /klɪŋ/

      UK /klɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be dependent on
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stick or be attached to
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    • commit

      US /kəˈmɪt/

      UK /kə'mɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To do something bad, usually a crime
      • To promise your permanent love or loyalty (to)
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    • cope

      US /koʊp/

      UK /kəʊp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To deal with something in spite of difficulties
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    • correlate

      US /ˈkɔ:rəleɪt/

      UK /ˈkɒrəleɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have/show the relationship between two things
      • To have a mutual relationship or connection; to establish a systematic connection.
      • Noun
      • Something that is mutually related to or associated with something else.
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    • crisis

      US /ˈkraɪsɪs/

      UK /'kraɪsɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
      • A turning point in a disease.
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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
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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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    • emotionally

      US /ɪˈmoʃənl:ɪ/

      UK /ɪ'məʊʃənəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that shows your feelings
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    • enrage

      US /ɛnˈredʒ/

      UK /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to feel extreme anger
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    • fabulous

      US /ˈfæbjələs/

      UK /ˈfæbjələs/

      • Adjective
      • Almost impossible to believe, incredible
      • Almost impossible to believe; mythical.
      B2
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    • for long

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • For a considerable period of time.
      • For a significant duration in the future.
      A1
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • helplessness

      US /ˈhɛlplɪsnɪs/

      UK /'helpləsnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A feeling of being unable to manage
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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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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
      A2
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    • illness

      US /ˈɪlnɪs/

      UK /ˈɪlnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
      • A particular instance or type of disease.
      A2
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    • institutional

      US /ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəl, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ˌɪnstɪˈtju:ʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Being related or similar to an institution
      B2
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    • internal

      US /ɪnˈtɚnəl/

      UK /inˈtə:nəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being or happening in the body
      • Being, happening in a country, state, organization
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    • majority

      US /məˈdʒɔrɪti, -ˈdʒɑr-/

      UK /mə'dʒɒrətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount that is more than half of a group
      • The age at which a person is legally considered an adult.
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    • mental

      US /ˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the mind
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    • narrative

      US /ˈnærətɪv/

      UK /ˈnærətɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The telling of a story
      • A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
      • Adjective
      • Presented in the form of a story
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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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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    • physically

      US /ˈfɪzɪkəlɪ/

      UK /'fɪzɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner related to the body
      • Concerning reality or the laws of nature
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    • primarily

      US /praɪˈmɛrəli, -ˈmɛr-/

      UK /praɪˈmerəli/

      • Adverb
      • In the most basic or important way
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    • primary

      US /ˈpraɪˌmɛri, -məri/

      UK /'praɪmərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Most important, most basic or essential
      • Happening first; earliest
      B2
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    • prioritize

      US /praɪˈɔ:rətaɪz/

      UK /praɪˈɒrətaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To rank things in importance
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    • reunion

      US /riˈjunjən/

      UK /ˌri:'ju:nɪən/

      • Noun
      • Act of people meeting after being apart
      • Event to meet old school or college friends
      B2
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    • secure

      US /sɪˈkjʊr/

      UK /sɪ'kjʊə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To get or achieve something with certainty
      • To firmly attach something to something else
      • Adjective
      • Being attached to something tightly and surely
      • (Place that is) locked, guarded and safe
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    • slap

      US /slæp/

      UK /slæp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
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    • spouse

      US /spaʊs, spaʊz/

      UK /spaʊs/

      • Noun
      • Someone's husband or wife
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    • strategy

      US /ˈstrætədʒi/

      UK /'strætədʒɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
      • Branch of military dealing with command
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    • suicide

      US /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/

      UK /'su:ɪsaɪd/

      • Noun
      • Act of purposely killing yourself
      • Act that ruins a person's career, status etc.
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
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    • tolerate

      US /ˈtɑ:ləreɪt/

      UK /ˈtɒləreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
      • To be able to survive under specific conditions
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    • trust

      US /trʌst/

      UK /trʌst/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To expect confidently
      • To have confidence or faith
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Wealth or property held by one person for another
      • The belief that someone is honest
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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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