Vocabulary

  • made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • spin out: To prolong or extend something, often unnecessarily.
  • have to: Must do
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • at the moment: At this time; now
  • to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
  • have on: To be wearing something.
  • work out
  • in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
  • grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • hold up to: To withstand or endure something unpleasant or difficult.
  • per year: For each year; annually.
  • with just: Using only; with no more than.
  • scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
  • ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
  • essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
  • cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
  • average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
  • experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
  • impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
  • describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
  • texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
  • consumption: The act of buying and using products
  • harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
  • hurdle: Small fence a person or horse jumps over in a race
  • ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
  • protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
  • typical: Normal; usual; expected
  • extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
  • regulate: To control something with rules or laws
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
  • spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
  • tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
  • approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
  • goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
  • curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
  • culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • sterile: Completely clean; with no bacteria
  • product: Item that can be bought
  • antibiotic: (Drug) used to fight certain kinds of diseases
  • slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • govern: To officially control land and make policies
  • university: High-level educational institution; college
  • suspension: Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
  • price: Person's name
  • mince: To grind meat, etc. into very small pieces
  • northern: In or toward the north
  • microorganism: Extremely small living thing that cannot be seen
  • aftertaste: The taste remaining in your mouth after eating
  • engineering: The practical application of science to industry
  • matrix: Rock that surrounds rare stones
  • parity: State of being equal in pay, rights, or power
  • ivy: Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
  • meaty: Important and significant
  • sterilization: Act of removing bacteria from something
  • gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
  • supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
  • ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
  • omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet
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    • ability

      US /əˈbɪlɪti/

      UK /ə'bɪlətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The power, resources or skill to do something
      • A particular skill or talent.
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    • aftertaste

      US /ˈæftərteɪst/

      UK /ˈɑ:ftəteɪst/

      • Noun
      • The taste remaining in your mouth after eating
      C2
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    • antibiotic

      US /ˌæntibaɪˈɑ:tɪk/

      UK /ˌæntibaɪˈɒtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • (Drug) used to fight certain kinds of diseases
      • Noun
      • Medicine that kills bacteria to fight infections
      B1
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    • approval

      US /əˈpruvəl/

      UK /əˈpru:vl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
      • Positive opinion of something or someone
      A2TOEIC
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    • at the moment

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • At this time; now
      A1
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    • average

      US /ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ/

      UK /'ævərɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Total of numbers divided by the number of items
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add numbers then divide by the number of items
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • ceo

      US

      UK

      • Abbreviation
      • CEO for Chief Operating Officer
      C2
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    • consumption

      US /kənˈsʌmpʃən/

      UK /kənˈsʌmpʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The act of buying and using products
      • The act of using energy, food or materials; the amount used
      B1
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    • cultivate

      US /ˈkʌltəˌvet/

      UK /'kʌltɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To grow plants, crops etc.
      • To cause to grow by education; to enlighten
      B1
      More
    • culture

      US /ˈkʌltʃɚ/

      UK /'kʌltʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Beliefs and customs of a particular group
      • The customs, beliefs, art, and all the other things that a group of people share and consider important.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To grow cells, tissues, bacteria, etc. in a controlled environment.
      A2
      More
    • curve

      US /kɚv/

      UK /kə:v/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Smooth rounded line that is not straight
      • A distribution of statistical data represented graphically.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something bend into a rounded shape
      A2
      More
    • engineering

      US /ˌendʒɪˈnɪrɪŋ/

      UK /ˌendʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The practical application of science to industry
      B1
      More
    • essentially

      US /ɪˈsenʃəli/

      UK /ɪˈsenʃəli/

      • Adverb
      • Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
      • Used to emphasize the basic truth or fact of a situation.
      A2
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    • experiment

      US /ɪkˈspɛrəmənt/

      UK /ɪk'sperɪmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
      • A course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the eventual outcome.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To create and perform tests to research something
      • To try something new that you haven't tried before
      A2TOEIC
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    • extract

      US /ɪkˈstrækt/

      UK /'ekstrækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Essential ingredient of a natural thing
      • Part taken from a longer written work
      • Transitive Verb
      • To get a substance out of a plant, etc.
      • To get a person to share secret information
      B1TOEIC
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
      More
    • gen

      US /dʒen/

      UK /dʒen/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
      • Noun
      • a group of people born around the same time who share a similar age
      B2
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
      A1
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    • goal

      US /ɡol/

      UK /ɡəʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
      • (Sports) net into which you put a ball to score
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • govern

      US /ˈgʌvərn/

      UK /ˈgʌvn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To officially control land and make policies
      • To control the actions or behaviour of someone
      B1
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    • grow on

      US /ɡro ɑn/

      UK /ɡrəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to begin to like
      A1
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    • harsh

      US /hɑrʃ/

      UK /hɑ:ʃ/

      • Adjective
      • Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
      • Being severe and unkind
      B1
      More
    • have on

      US /hæv ɑn/

      UK /hæv ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be wearing something.
      • To deceive or trick someone, often in a playful way.
      A1
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
      A1
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    • hold up to

      US /hoʊld ʌp tu/

      UK /hould ʌp tu:/

      • other
      • To withstand or endure something unpleasant or difficult.
      B2
      More
    • hurdle

      US /ˈhɚdl/

      UK /'hɜ:dl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small fence a person or horse jumps over in a race
      • Problem that makes it hard to achieve something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run and jump over something
      • To overcome a problem to achieve something
      B2
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    • ideally

      US /aɪˈdiəli/

      UK /aɪ'di:əlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a perfect way; very suitably
      • In theory; according to an ideal or theoretical standard.
      B2
      More
    • 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 the future

      US /ɪn ði ˈfjutʃɚ/

      UK /in ðə ˈfju:tʃə/

      • Phrase
      • At a later time; in times to come.
      A1
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    • insulin

      US /ˈɪnsəlɪn/

      UK /ˈɪnsjəlɪn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
      B2
      More
    • ivy

      US /ˈaɪvi/

      UK /'aɪvɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
      B2
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    • made with

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Containing a particular ingredient or material.
      • Created or produced using a specific tool, method, or process.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
      A1
      More
    • matrix

      US /ˈmetrɪks/

      UK /ˈmeɪtrɪks/

      • Noun
      • Rock that surrounds rare stones
      • Pattern of lines, spaces, or numbers
      B1
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    • meaty

      US /ˈmiti/

      UK /'mi:tɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Important and significant
      B1
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    • microorganism

      US /ˌmaɪkroˈɔrɡəˌnɪzəm/

      UK /ˌmaɪkrəʊ'ɔ:gənɪzəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Extremely small living thing that cannot be seen
      C2
      More
    • mince

      US /mɪns/

      UK /mɪns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To grind meat, etc. into very small pieces
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Chopped meat used to make burgers
      B2TOEIC
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    • northern

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • In or toward the north
      • Coming from the north.
      • Noun
      • A person who comes from the north.
      • The Aurora Borealis.
      B1
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
      A2
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    • omega

      US /oʊ'meɡə/

      UK /'əʊmɪɡə/

      • Noun
      • Last letter in the greek alphabet
      B2
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    • overcome

      US /ˌovɚˈkʌm/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'kʌm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
      • Participle
      • Past participle of overcome; to have successfully dealt with or controlled a problem or feeling.
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    • parity

      US /ˈpærɪti/

      UK /'pærətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being equal in pay, rights, or power
      B2TOEIC
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    • per year

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • For each year; annually.
      A2
      More
    • 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
      A2TOEIC
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    • protein

      US /ˈprəʊˌtiːn/

      UK /ˈprəʊti:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of molecules made from amino acids
      B1
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    • prototype

      US /ˈproʊ.t̬ə.taɪp/

      UK /ˈprəʊ.tə.taɪp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
      B2
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    • regulate

      US /ˈrɛɡjəˌlet/

      UK /ˈregjuleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To control something with rules or laws
      • To set/adjust (a clock, etc.); restrict motion in
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    • scale

      US /skel/

      UK /skeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Size, level, or amount when compared
      • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the size of but keep the proportions
      • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
      A2TOEIC
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    • scale up

      US //skeɪl ʌp//

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To increase in size, number, or extent.
      A1
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    • slaughter

      US /ˈslɔtɚ/

      UK /'slɔ:tə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Act of killing an animal to get its meat
      • Beating someone easily and totally in a sport
      • Transitive Verb
      • To kill an animal, usually to get its meat
      • To beat someone easily and totally in a sport
      B2
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    • spin

      US /spɪn/

      UK /spɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a ball rotate when throwing it
      • To move something in a rapid turning motion
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel dizzy/confused, as in my head is spinning
      B1
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    • spin out

      US /spɪn aʊt/

      UK /spin aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To prolong or extend something, often unnecessarily.
      • To lose control and rotate rapidly, especially in a vehicle.
      A1
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    • sterile

      US /ˈstɛrəl, -ˌaɪl/

      UK /'steraɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Completely clean; with no bacteria
      • Cannot produce children or offspring
      B2
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    • sterilization

      US /ˌstɛrəlɪˈzeʃən/

      UK /ˌsterəlaɪ'zeɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Act of removing bacteria from something
      • Act of making an organism unable to reproduce
      B2
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    • submit

      US /səbˈmɪt/

      UK /səbˈmɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To accept a superior force has power over you
      A2TOEIC
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    • supermarket

      US /ˈsupɚˌmɑrkɪt/

      UK /ˈsju:pəˌmɑ:kit/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Self-service store selling groceries etc.
      C2
      More
    • suspension

      US /səˈspɛnʃən/

      UK /səˈspenʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
      • Act of temporarily interrupting an activity
      B2
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    • texture

      US /ˈtɛkstʃɚ/

      UK /ˈtekstʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality from different elements, as in music
      • Look and feel of a substance or material
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a particular look or feel to a surface
      B1
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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
      A1
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    • tissue

      US /ˈtɪʃu/

      UK /ˈtɪʃu:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
      • Kind of thin, light paper used to pack objects
      A2
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    • to taste

      US /tu teɪst/

      UK /tu teɪst/

      • other
      • Add an ingredient according to your preference.
      A2
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    • typical

      US /ˈtɪpɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtɪpɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Normal; usual; expected
      • Serving as a representative example of a particular type.
      A2
      More
    • ultimately

      US /ˈʌltəmɪtli/

      UK /ˈʌltɪmətli/

      • Adverb
      • Done or considered as the final and most important
      • Fundamentally; at the most basic level.
      B1TOEIC
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
      A1
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    • with just

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Using only; with no more than.
      • Barely; by a narrow margin.
      A2
      More
    • work out

      US /wɚk aʊt/

      UK /wə:k aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find a way to do something, by thinking
      A1
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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