Vocabulary

  • sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
  • show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
  • at least: As a minimum
  • in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
  • reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
  • muster up: To summon or gather (courage, energy, etc.) from within oneself.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
  • experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
  • consider: To think carefully about something
  • strength: Condition of being strong
  • confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
  • consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
  • priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
  • fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • initial: First letter of your given name
  • solitude: State of preferring to be alone
  • reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
  • wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
  • silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
  • courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
  • scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
  • scary: Causing fear; frightening
  • stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • philosopher: Person studying the meaning of truth and life
  • rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
  • important: Having power or authority
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • promise: To say you will certainly do something
  • arise: To stand up
  • glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
  • adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
  • deep: Complex and important
  • muster: To gather or call together (soldiers, etc.)
  • discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
  • instill: To give a quality by example or teaching
  • type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • datum: Item of factual information
  • playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • solo: Being performed or done alone
  • devalue: To reduce the value or worth of a currency, etc.
  • loner: Person choosing to spend time alone
  • unpopular: Disliked by many people
  • hobbit: Imaginary being in stories by JRR Tolkien
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    • adult

      US / əˈdʌlt, ˈædʌlt/

      UK /ˈædʌlt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person or animal that is fully grown
      • A fully grown animal.
      • Adjective
      • Being fully grown; mature; no longer a teenager
      • Containing sexually explicit material.
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    • arise

      US /əˈraɪz/

      UK /əˈraɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To stand up
      • To result or happen due to a particular event
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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.
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    • confidence

      US /ˈkɑnfɪdəns/

      UK /'kɒnfɪdəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling that you can do well at something
      • Feeling you can trust someone
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    • consume

      US /kənˈsum/

      UK /kən'sju:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To eat, drink, buy or use up something
      • To take all your energy; focus the attention
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    • courage

      US /ˈkɚrɪdʒ, ˈkʌr-/

      UK /'kʌrɪdʒ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being able to face danger without fear
      • The quality of being brave enough to do what is right or necessary, even when it is difficult or dangerous
      • Transitive Verb
      • To encourage or embolden someone.
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    • datum

      US /ˈdetəm, ˈdætəm, ˈdɑtəm/

      UK /ˈdeɪtəm/

      • Noun
      • Item of factual information
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    • devalue

      US /diˈvælju/

      UK /ˌdi:'vælju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To reduce the value or worth of a currency, etc.
      B2
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    • discomfort

      US /dɪsˈkʌmfərt/

      UK /dɪsˈkʌmfət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feelings of being uncomfortable or uneasy
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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
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    • glory

      US /ˈɡlɔri, ˈɡlori/

      UK /'ɡlɔ:rɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of having respect, honor or pride
      • Condition of great beauty, success, or influence
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • hobbit

      US /'hɑbət/

      UK /'hɑbət/

      • Proper Noun
      • Imaginary being in stories by JRR Tolkien
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    • in order to

      US /ɪn ˈɔrdɚ tu/

      UK /in ˈɔ:də tu:/

      • Preposition
      • For the purpose of; with the aim of.
      • Phrase
      • In a specific sequence or arrangement.
      • With the aim of; for the purpose of.
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    • initial

      US /ɪˈnɪʃəl/

      UK /ɪ'nɪʃl/

      • Noun
      • First letter of your given name
      • The beginning or commencement of something.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To authorize something by writing your initials
      • To mark or sign with one's initials.
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    • instill

      US /ɪnˈstɪl/

      UK /ɪn'stɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a quality by example or teaching
      • To put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone's mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way that person thinks or behaves
      B2
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    • laptop

      US /ˈlæpˌtɑp/

      UK /ˈlæptɒp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
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    • loneliness

      US /ˈlonlɪnɪs/

      UK /'ləʊnlɪnəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of feeling sad because you are alone
      • A feeling of being isolated from others, even when surrounded by people.
      B2
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    • loner

      US /ˈloʊnə(r)/

      UK /ˈləʊnə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person choosing to spend time alone
      B2
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    • muster

      US /ˈmʌstɚ/

      UK /ˈmʌstə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To gather or call together (soldiers, etc.)
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    • muster up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To summon or gather (courage, energy, etc.) from within oneself.
      • To gather or summon (effort, strength, etc.) with difficulty.
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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    • philosopher

      US /fɪˈlɑsəfɚ/

      UK /fəˈlɒsəfə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person studying the meaning of truth and life
      • A person who is calm and wise; someone who lives by philosophical principles.
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    • playground

      US /ˈpleˌɡraʊnd/

      UK /ˈpleɪgraʊnd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Outdoor area for children to play in
      B2
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    • priority

      US /praɪˈɔrɪti, -ˈɑr-/

      UK /praɪ'ɒrətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing that is more important/urgent than others
      • A level of importance assigned to a task or process in a computer system.
      • Adjective
      • Denoting something that constitutes a priority.
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    • rarely

      US /ˈrɛrli/

      UK /ˈrɛəli/

      • Adverb
      • Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
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    • reach

      US /ritʃ/

      UK /ri:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
      • To be long enough to get to a certain place
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Power or control someone has over 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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    • resilience

      US /rɪˈzɪljəns/

      UK /rɪˈzɪliəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to recover quickly from something bad
      • The capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
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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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    • 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)
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    • silence

      US /ˈsaɪləns/

      UK /'saɪləns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being quiet and not talking for a time
      • When there is not sound or noise; complete quiet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop the noise that something is making
      • To prevent someone from expressing thoughts
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    • sit with

      US /sit wɪð/

      UK /sit wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
      • To take time to consider or accept something.
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    • solitude

      US /ˈsɑlɪˌtud, -ˌtjud/

      UK /'sɒlɪtju:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of preferring to be alone
      B2
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    • solo

      US /ˈsoʊloʊ/

      UK /ˈsəʊləʊ/

      • Adjective
      • Being performed or done alone
      • Noun
      • Activity that one does alone, e.g. playing music
      B1
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    • spend

      US /spɛnd/

      UK /spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use money to pay for something
      • To use time in order to do something
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    • stream

      US /strim/

      UK /stri:m/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To send a constant flow of data over the internet
      • Noun
      • Classes split into ability levels
      • A small river
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    • strength

      US /strɛŋkθ, strɛŋθ, strɛnθ/

      UK /streŋθ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Condition of being strong
      • The quality or state of being physically strong.
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    • unpopular

      US /ʌnˈpɑpjəlɚ/

      UK /ʌnˈpɒpjələ(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Disliked by many people
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    • wisdom

      US /ˈwɪzdəm/

      UK /'wɪzdəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Knowledge gained from experience in life
      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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