Vocabulary

  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • have to: Must do
  • quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
  • lay in: To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
  • in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
  • drift off: To gradually fall asleep.
  • halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
  • get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • together with: In addition to; along with.
  • shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
  • check out
  • in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
  • write down: To record in writing
  • wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
  • in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
  • reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
  • chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
  • fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
  • overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
  • meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
  • trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
  • stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
  • purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
  • decline: To bend towards the ground
  • emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
  • psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
  • sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
  • reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
  • accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
  • numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
  • edge: An advantage you have over others
  • pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
  • launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
  • empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
  • mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
  • quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
  • mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
  • scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
  • hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • tidy: With things in their proper place; not messy
  • manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
  • couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
  • daily: Happening every day
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
  • burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
  • worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
  • energize: To give more energy and power to someone
  • overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
  • tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
  • reactive: Easily reacting to; responsive
  • micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
  • helplessness: A feeling of being unable to manage
  • unsure: Lacking confidence or certainty
  • preventative: Intended to stop something bad from happening
  • refuel: To put more fuel into a vehicle, etc.
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    • accessible

      US /ækˈsɛsəbəl/

      UK /əkˈsesəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be entered, reached or used
      • Easy to understand.
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

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

      US /ˈbɜ:rnaʊt/

      UK /ˈbɜ:naʊt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
      • Noun
      • Action of making the wheels of your car make smoke
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • chronic

      US /ˈkrɑnɪk/

      UK /'krɒnɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
      • (Of disease) over a long time; serious
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    • couch

      US /kaʊtʃ/

      UK /kaʊtʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To formulate in a particular style or language
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sofa; settee
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    • decline

      US /dɪˈklaɪn/

      UK /dɪ'klaɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To bend towards the ground
      • To slope downward.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To lessen in quality or value
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    • detach

      US /dɪˈtætʃ/

      UK /dɪˈtætʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To send away a military unit on a special mission
      • To separate something from something larger
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    • drain

      US /dren/

      UK /dreɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
      • Something that depletes resources or energy.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To empty or remove liquid from
      • To use up the energy/ money/power of something
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    • drift off

      US /drɪft ɔf/

      UK /drift ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To gradually fall asleep.
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    • edge

      US /ɛdʒ/

      UK /edʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An advantage you have over others
      • Cutting side of a sharp object
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut something to make the blade sharp
      • To go around the boundary of something
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    • emotional

      US /ɪˈmoʃənəl/

      UK /ɪˈməʊʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
      • Relating to or characterized by emotion
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    • energize

      US /ˈɛnɚˌdʒaɪz/

      UK /'enədʒaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give more energy and power to someone
      • To give energy or vitality to; invigorate.
      B1
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    • fatigue

      US /fəˈtiɡ/

      UK /fəˈti:g/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
      • Being very tired
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone or something to become very tired
      B2
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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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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    • halfway through

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
      • Phrase
      • Having completed approximately half of something.
      A2
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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
      B1
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    • hygiene

      US /ˈhaɪˌdʒin/

      UK /ˈhaɪdʒi:n/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Cleanliness; being clean
      • Practices for maintaining personal cleanliness.
      B2
      More
    • in a state

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a particular condition or situation.
      • In an emotional condition, often negative (e.g., panic, distress).
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    • in the dark

      US /ɪn ði dɑrk/

      UK /in ðə dɑ:k/

      • Adjective
      • Uninformed about something; unaware.
      • Phrase
      • In a state of secrecy or ignorance.
      • In a place with little or no light.
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    • in with

      US /ɪn wɪð/

      UK /in wið/

      • Phrase
      • Fashionable or popular at the moment.
      • Having influence or favor with someone.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To introduce or bring something new into a system or organization.
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    • launch

      US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

      UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

      • Noun
      • Starting a new project; introducing new product
      • Act of firing rockets into the air
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
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    • lay in

      US /le ɪn/

      UK /lei in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
      • Stayed in bed later than usual in the morning.
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    • meaningful

      US /ˈminɪŋfəl/

      UK /'mi:nɪŋfl/

      • Adjective
      • Having importance; showing someone's intention
      • Having importance or value.
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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.
      B2
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    • mentally

      US /ˈmɛntl:ɪ/

      UK /ˈmentəli/

      • Adverb
      • With or in the mind and thoughts
      A2
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    • micro

      US /ˈmaɪkro/

      UK /'maɪkrəʊ/

      • Noun
      • A prefix meaning 'very small'
      B2
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    • motivate

      US /ˈmotəˌvet/

      UK /'məʊtɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a reason, the will to do something
      A2TOEIC
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    • numb

      US /nʌm/

      UK /nʌm/

      • Adjective
      • Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a part of body unable to feel (pain, etc.)
      B2
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    • occasionally

      US /əˈkeɪʒən(ə)li/

      UK /əˈkeɪʒnəli/

      • Adverb
      • Not very often; sometimes; seldom
      • Happening or appearing irregularly.
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    • overload

      US /ˌovɚˈlod/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'ləʊd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a machine work too hard so it might break
      • To cause someone or something to work too hard
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Too much of something
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    • overwhelmed

      US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlmd/

      UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛlmd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To defeat something or someone completely
      • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
      • Adjective
      • Feeling like you have so much to do that you can't even get started.
      • Feeling like you are unable to cope with something
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    • pause

      US /pɔz/

      UK /pɔ:z/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stop doing for a while before continuing
      • To temporarily interrupt the execution of a program or process.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A temporary break before continuing
      • Function on a device to stop and restart it
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    • peer

      US /pɪr/

      UK /pɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
      • Person of the same age, class or situation
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To look closely and carefully, as if hard to see
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    • preventative

      US /prɪˈvɛntətɪv/

      UK /prɪ'ventətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Intended to stop something bad from happening
      • Noun
      • Something that is intended to stop something from happening.
      • A medicine or treatment intended to prevent a disease or condition.
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    • psychology

      US /saɪˈkɑlədʒi/

      UK /saɪ'kɒlədʒɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
      • Way in which a person or group thinks and behaves
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    • purpose

      US /ˈpɚpəs/

      UK /'pɜ:pəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
      • A person's sense of resolve or determination.
      • Adverb
      • With clear intention or determination.
      • Intentionally; deliberately.
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    • quick question

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A brief and simple inquiry.
      • Phrase
      • An introductory phrase indicating a question requiring a prompt answer.
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    • quiz

      US /kwɪz/

      UK /kwɪz/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A game in which players answer questions on topics
      • Brief spoken or written test, given to students
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask a person many questions about something
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    • reach out

      US /ritʃ aʊt/

      UK /ri:tʃ aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To attempt to communicate with someone.
      • To offer help and support to someone.
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    • reactive

      US /riˈæktɪv/

      UK /riˈæktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Easily reacting to; responsive
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    • reflect

      US /rɪˈflɛkt/

      UK /rɪ'flekt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To indicate or be a sign of something
      • To bounce back light, heat, sound from a surface
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    • refuel

      US /riˈfjuəl/

      UK /ˌri:'fju:əl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put more fuel into a vehicle, etc.
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    • sacrifice

      US /ˈsækrəˌfaɪs/

      UK /'sækrɪfaɪs/

      • Noun
      • Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
      • Person/animal killed to please a god
      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill an animal or human to please a god
      • To give up your life for others, for a cause etc.
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    • scroll

      US /skroʊl/

      UK /skrəʊl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move up and down a computer screen
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move up, down, or across a computer screen
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    • shut down

      US /ʃʌt daʊn/

      UK /ʃʌt daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
      • To stop a factory/machine from operating
      • Transitive Verb
      • To deactivate a nuclear reactor.
      • To turn off a computer or other electronic device.
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    • stretch

      US /strɛtʃ/

      UK /stretʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
      • To make something bigger by pulling on it
      • Noun
      • Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
      • A consecutive row of things
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    • tally

      US /ˈtæli/

      UK /'tælɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To count or reckon up; to score a point
      • Noun
      • A score or amount
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    • task

      US /tæsk/

      UK /tɑ:sk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Big or small piece of work someone has to do
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
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    • tired

      US /ˈtaɪərd/

      UK /ˈtaɪəd/

      • Adjective
      • Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
      • Transitive Verb
      • To lose, cause to lose energy so you want to rest
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    • together with

      US /təˈɡɛðɚ wɪð/

      UK /təˈɡeðə wið/

      • Preposition
      • In addition to; along with.
      • Including; as well as.
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    • trigger

      US /ˈtrɪɡɚ/

      UK /'trɪɡə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
      • Device that starts a process
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a process off e.g. a memory
      • To cause something to begin or happen.
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    • unsure

      US /ʌnˈʃʊr, -ˈʃə:r/

      UK /ˌʌnˈʃʊə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking confidence or certainty
      • Lacking confidence in your own words or actions
      B1
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    • wait for

      US /wet fɔr/

      UK /weit fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait until someone comes, or something happens
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    • wake up

      US /wek ʌp/

      UK /weik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop sleeping
      • To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
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    • worthy

      US /ˈwɚði/

      UK /'wɜ:ðɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
      B1
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    • write down

      US /raɪt daʊn/

      UK /rait daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To record in writing
      A1
      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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