Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • at least: As a minimum
  • live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
  • out of energy: Having no energy; exhausted.
  • turn on
  • in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
  • in half: Divided into two equal parts.
  • turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
  • hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
  • over time: Gradually; as time passes.
  • double down: In gambling, to double one's bet, typically in exchange for taking one more card.
  • for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
  • as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
  • food source: A place or thing from which food is obtained.
  • at once: Immediately; without delay
  • spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
  • put out: To publish, e.g. a book
  • on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
  • other than: Except for; apart from.
  • in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
  • apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
  • trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
  • slightly: Only a little
  • thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
  • tend: To move or act in a certain manner
  • evolve: To develop certain features
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
  • mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
  • precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
  • predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
  • counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
  • efficient: Able to produce results without waste
  • optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
  • edge: An advantage you have over others
  • formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
  • emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
  • valuable: Being useful or important
  • population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
  • benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
  • expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
  • survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
  • volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
  • rewind: To make something go backwards
  • equal: Same in shape, size, or number
  • depict: To represent or describe something using words
  • explicitly: Clearly; specifically
  • appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • piece: A counter in a board game
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • reminiscent: Suggestive of; tending to remind you of
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • simulation: A copying method to study the real world
  • future: Time that is to come after the present
  • forage: Plants that animals eat
  • gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
  • dimensional: Concerning how many planes an object exists in
  • fiercely: In an emotionally violent manner
  • dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
  • blob: Object that does not have a regular shape
  • sparse: Being few in number and often widely spread
  • kinetic: Of or relating to movement
  • cube: Solid object that has six square sides
  • costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
  • replication: Act of making more exact copies of itself
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    • apparently

      US /əˈpærəntlɪ/

      UK /əˈpærəntli/

      • Adverb
      • According to what you heard; from what can be seen
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    • as a whole

      US /æz e hol/

      UK /æz ə həul/

      • Phrase
      • Considering everything together; in general.
      • Complete; not divided or incomplete.
      • Adjective
      • Complete; not divided or fragmented.
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
      C2
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    • at once

      US /æt wʌns/

      UK /æt wʌns/

      • Adverb
      • Immediately; without delay
      • At the same time; simultaneously
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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
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    • benefit

      US /ˈbɛnəfɪt/

      UK /'benɪfɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Good result or effect, something advantageous
      • A payment made by the state or an insurance policy to someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have a good effect or be helpful
      • To receive an advantage; to be helped
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    • blob

      US /blɑ:b/

      UK /blɒb/

      • Noun
      • Object that does not have a regular shape
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    • costly

      US /ˈkɔstli/

      UK /'kɒstlɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being very expensive, often wasteful
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    • counterintuitive

      US /ˌkaʊntərɪn'tju:ɪtɪv/

      UK /kaʊntərɪn'tju:ɪtɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Contrary to what common sense would suggest
      C2
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    • cube

      US /kjub/

      UK /kju:b/

      • Noun
      • Solid object that has six square sides
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut food into the shape of small cubes
      • To multiply a number by itself three times
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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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    • depict

      US /dɪˈpɪkt/

      UK /dɪ'pɪkt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To represent or describe something using words
      • To represent or show something in a picture or painting; to portray visually.
      B1TOEIC
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    • dimensional

      US /dɪˈmɛnʃənl:/

      UK /dɪ'menʃənəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning how many planes an object exists in
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    • dot

      US /dɑt/

      UK /dɒt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To place small amounts/things in various places
      • To mark something by placing a small, round spot
      • Noun
      • Small round mark
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    • double down

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • In gambling, to double one's bet, typically in exchange for taking one more card.
      • To reinforce one's commitment to a particular course of action, even in the face of opposition or risk.
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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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    • efficient

      US /ɪˈfɪʃənt/

      UK /ɪˈfɪʃnt/

      • Adjective
      • Able to produce results without waste
      • Capable of producing desired results with little or no waste (of time, energy, or other resources).
      A2TOEIC
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    • emerge

      US /ɪˈmɚdʒ/

      UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To rise or appear out of some background
      • To become known or apparent.
      A2TOEIC
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    • evolve

      US /ɪˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪ'vɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To develop certain features
      • To develop or change slowly over time
      B1
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    • expand

      US /ɪkˈspænd/

      UK /ɪk'spænd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make something larger in size, number, amount
      A2TOEIC
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    • explicitly

      US /ɪk'splɪsɪtlɪ/

      UK /ɪk'splɪsɪtlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Clearly; specifically
      • Directly and unambiguously expressed or stated.
      B1
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    • fiercely

      US /ˈfɪrslɪ/

      UK /fɪəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an emotionally violent manner
      B1
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    • food source

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A place or thing from which food is obtained.
      B2
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    • for now

      US /fɔr naʊ/

      UK /fɔ: nau/

      • Phrase
      • Temporarily; for the present time.
      • In the short term; for the immediate future.
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    • forage

      US /ˈfɔ:rɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈfɒrɪdʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Plants that animals eat
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To wander looking for food as animals do naturally
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    • formula

      US /ˈfɔrmjələ/

      UK /'fɔ:mjələ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A mathematical or scientific rule
      • Plan, rule or method for doing or making something
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    • gene

      US /dʒin/

      UK /dʒi:n/

      • Noun
      • Part of cell controlling development of a thing
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    • go out

      US /ɡo aʊt/

      UK /ɡəu aut/

      • Phrase
      • To leave a building (e.g. a house)
      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
      • Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
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    • hard to say

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
      A1
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in action

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
      More
    • in future

      US /ɪn ˈfjutʃɚ/

      UK /ɪn ˈfju:tʃə/

      • Preposition
      • At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
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    • in half

      US /ɪn hæf/

      UK /in hɑ:f/

      • Adverb
      • Divided into two equal parts.
      • Partially; to some extent.
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    • kinetic

      US /kɪˈnɛtɪk, kaɪ-/

      UK /kɪˈnetɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to movement
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    • live on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue to exist or be remembered.
      • To eat a particular type of food as the main thing.
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    • mutation

      US /mjuˈteʃən/

      UK /mju:'teɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Change that changes genetic structure
      B2
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    • on the other hand

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
      A1
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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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    • optimal

      US /ˈɑptəməl/

      UK /ˈɒptɪməl/

      • Adjective
      • Best or most desirable; best possible
      • Most conducive to a favorable outcome.
      B2
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    • other than

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Except for; apart from.
      • Conjunction
      • Different from.
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    • out of energy

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Having no energy; exhausted.
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    • over time

      US /ˈovɚ taɪm/

      UK /ˈəuvə taim/

      • Phrase
      • Gradually; as time passes.
      • During a long period.
      • Adverb
      • Gradually; as time passes.
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    • population

      US /ˌpɑpjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
      • A group of individuals of one species living in a particular area.
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    • precise

      US /prɪˈsaɪs/

      UK /prɪ'saɪs/

      • Adjective
      • (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
      • (Of a time, place, quality) exact
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    • predict

      US /prɪˈdɪkt/

      UK /prɪ'dɪkt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To guess or estimate what will or might happen
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    • put out

      US /pʊt aʊt/

      UK /put aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To publish, e.g. a book
      • To cause someone to be troubled or inconvenienced
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    • reminiscent

      US /ˌrɛməˈnɪsənt/

      UK /ˌremɪˈnɪsnt/

      • Adjective
      • Suggestive of; tending to remind you of
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    • replication

      US /ˌrɛplɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌreplɪ'keɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of making more exact copies of itself
      • Act of repeating a previous action
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    • rewind

      US /riˈwaɪnd/

      UK /ˌri:ˈwaɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something go backwards
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    • simulation

      US /ˌsɪmjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • A copying method to study the real world
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    • slightly

      US /ˈslaɪtli/

      UK /ˈslaɪtli/

      • Adverb
      • Only a little
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    • sparse

      US /spɑ:rs/

      UK /spɑ:s/

      • Adjective
      • Being few in number and often widely spread
      B2
      More
    • spread out

      US /sprɛd aʊt/

      UK /spred aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To extend or stretch over a large area.
      • To arrange things so that they cover a large area.
      B2
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    • start out

      US /stɑrt aʊt/

      UK /stɑ:t aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin your life or career in a particular way.
      • To begin a journey.
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    • survive

      US /sɚˈvaɪv/

      UK /sə'vaɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue to live despite illness or trouble
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    • tend

      US /tɛnd/

      UK /tend/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move or act in a certain manner
      • Transitive Verb
      • To take care of
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    • thrive

      US /θraɪv/

      UK /θraɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be or become healthy or successful
      • To grow or develop well; to flourish.
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    • trait

      US /tret/

      UK /treɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
      • A genetically determined characteristic or condition.
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    • turn on

      US /tɚn ɑn/

      UK /tə:n ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to be interested or excited
      • Transitive Verb
      • To activate or switch on a device or appliance.
      • To suddenly attack or criticize someone.
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    • turn out

      US /tɚn aʊt/

      UK /tə:n aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive for a public event or entertainment
      • To happen to be in the end
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    • valuable

      US /ˈvæljuəbəl, ˈvæljə-/

      UK /ˈvæljuəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being useful or important
      • Being worth a lot of money
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    • volume

      US /ˈvɑljum, -jəm/

      UK /ˈvɒlju:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number or amount of something e.g. sales
      • Amount of space that something takes up
      • Countable Noun
      • One book that is part of a set of books
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    • worth

      US /wɚθ/

      UK /wɜ:θ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
      • having a particular value, especially in money
      • Adjective
      • Having a specified value.
      A2
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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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