Vocabulary

  • deal with
  • show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
  • perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
  • distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
  • genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
  • deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
  • opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
  • criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
  • humble: Being lower in quality or status
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • invest: To use resources to build for the future
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • energy: Physical or mental strength
  • poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
  • personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
  • condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
  • depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
  • important: Having power or authority
  • assign: To give someone a particular job to do
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • prefer: To like something better than something else
  • constructive: Having positive effective results
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
  • prepare: To make something ready for use
  • loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
  • area: Amount of measured space
  • defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
  • carry: To have a child, be pregnant
  • weight: How heavy something is
  • cover: To record a different version of another song
  • illustration: Picture that helps explain something
  • derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
  • critique: A review of the quality of a work
  • sharpen: To make something more pointed, e.g. a pencil
  • gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
  • discernment: Cognitive condition of someone who understands
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    • assign

      US /əˈsaɪn/

      UK /ə'saɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a particular job to do
      • To give someone credit or blame for something
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    • condemn

      US /kənˈdɛm/

      UK /kənˈdem/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
      • To state strongly that person, thing is bad, wrong
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    • constructive

      US /kənˈstrʌktɪv/

      UK /kənˈstrʌktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Having positive effective results
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    • criticism

      US /ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm/

      UK /ˈkrɪtɪsɪzəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Article or essay that judges quality
      • Negative judgment of something
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    • critique

      US /krɪˈtik/

      UK /krɪˈti:k/

      • Noun
      • A review of the quality of a work
      • Transitive Verb
      • To review the quality of a work
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    • deal with

      US /dil wɪð/

      UK /di:l wið/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To buy or sell goods or services.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take action to solve a problem or manage a situation.
      • To be about; concern.
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    • defensive

      US /dɪˈfɛnsɪv/

      UK /dɪˈfensɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Protecting something, yourself from attack
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    • depend

      US /dɪˈpend/

      UK /dɪˈpend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
      • To rely on someone or something for support, help, or existence.
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    • derail

      US /diˈrel/

      UK /dɪˈreɪl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the subject; to change from a course
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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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    • discernment

      US /dɪˈsɜ:rnmən/

      UK /dɪˈsɜ:nmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Cognitive condition of someone who understands
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    • discipline

      US /ˈdɪsəplɪn/

      UK /'dɪsəplɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Instruction and practice to teach obedience
      • Particular field of study
      • Transitive Verb
      • To control or train others by making them obey you
      • To punish a person for their wrongdoing
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    • distraction

      US /dɪˈstrækʃən/

      UK /dɪˈstrækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something drawing your attention away from
      • Enjoyable thing to help you forget your problems
      B2
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    • energy

      US /ˈɛnədʒi/

      UK /'enədʒɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical or mental strength
      • Enthusiasm and determination.
      A2
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    • fed

      US /fɛd/

      UK /fed/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
      • To push something through an opening
      A2
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    • feed

      US /fid/

      UK /fi:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
      • To push something through an opening
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Food given to animals
      A2TOEIC
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    • genuinely

      US /ˈdʒɛnjʊɪnlɪ/

      UK /'dʒenjʊɪnlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
      • In a sincere and honest way.
      A2
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    • gift

      US /ɡɪft/

      UK /gɪft/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something given to another for a reason; present
      • Special skill or natural ability to do something
      A2TOEIC
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    • humble

      US /ˈhʌmbəl/

      UK /'hʌmbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being lower in quality or status
      • Not proud/arrogant; of low status
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel less proud or confident
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    • illustration

      US /ˌɪləˈstreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Picture that helps explain something
      • Making an analogy to explain something
      B1TOEIC
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    • invest

      US /ɪnˈvɛst/

      UK /ɪn'vest/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use resources to build for the future
      A2TOEIC
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    • loud

      US /laʊd/

      UK /laʊd/

      • Adjective
      • Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
      • Making a lot of noise
      A2
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    • opinion

      US /əˈpɪnjən/

      UK /əˈpɪnjən/

      • Noun
      • Court judge's statement why a decision was made
      • A person's thoughts on a topic
      A2TOEIC
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    • personally

      US /ˈpəsənəli/

      UK /ˈpɜ:sənəli/

      • Adverb
      • By a specific person, and not by anyone else
      • Knowing someone as a friend, or closely
      A2
      More
    • perspective

      US /pɚˈspɛktɪv/

      UK /pə'spektɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
      • Ability to understand what is important in life
      B1TOEIC
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    • poke

      US /pok/

      UK /pəʊk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a push, thrust, or jab
      B2
      More
    • recipe

      US /ˈrɛsəˌpi/

      UK /'resəpɪ/

      • Noun
      • Conditions likely to create a particular result
      • Directions for making a dish, with the ingredients
      B1
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    • serve

      US /sɚv/

      UK /sɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act in a particular position or office
      • To hit the first ball to an opponent in tennis etc.
      A2TOEIC
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    • sharpen

      US /ˈʃɑrpən/

      UK /'ʃɑ:pən/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something more pointed, e.g. a pencil
      A2
      More
    • show up

      US /ʃo ʌp/

      UK /ʃəu ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
      • To be noticeably better than (someone else)
      A1
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    • weight

      US /wet/

      UK /weɪt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • How heavy something is
      • Metal object to measure how heavy something is
      A2TOEIC
      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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