Vocabulary

  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • have to: Must do
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • current: Electricity flowing through wires
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
  • path: Method of living leading to a particular result
  • cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
  • labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
  • risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
  • activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
  • tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
  • economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
  • balance: Instrument for weighing things
  • disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
  • unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
  • shortage: A lack of something necessary
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • price: Person's name
  • care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
  • worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
  • affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want
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    • affordability

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      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Cheap enough to buy something you want
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    • balance

      US /ˈbæləns/

      UK /ˈbæləns/

      • Noun
      • Instrument for weighing things
      • Being stable; having equal weight on both sides
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be steady by having equal weight on both sides
      • To make two or more things equal
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    • cause

      US /kɔz/

      UK /kɔ:z/

      • Noun
      • Belief, goal or organization that people support
      • Reason for
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something happen; create effect or result
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    • current

      US /ˈkɚrənt, ˈkʌr-/

      UK /'kʌrənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Electricity flowing through wires
      • Movement of water in a river, or air in the sky
      • Adjective
      • Happening or being in the present time
      • In general use or accepted by most people.
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    • economic

      US /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk, ˌikə-/

      UK /ˌi:kəˈnɒmɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning trade, industry, and money
      • Financially worthwhile; profitable.
      • Noun
      • A system relating to economics
      • A factor relating to economics
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    • focus

      US /ˈfokəs/

      UK /'fəʊkəs/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
      • To keep your attention, concentration on one thing
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Main purpose or center of interest or activity
      • The clarity of an image produced by a lens.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • inflation

      US /ɪnˈfleʃən/

      UK /ɪn'fleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of filling something with air or gas
      • Continual rise in the prices of products
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    • path

      US /pæθ, pɑθ/

      UK /pɑ:θ/

      • Noun
      • Method of living leading to a particular result
      • Track made with stones, by walking over the ground
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    • shortage

      US /ˈʃɔ:rtɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈʃɔ:tɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A lack of something necessary
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    • tariff

      US /ˈtærɪf/

      UK /'tærɪf/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • List of fixed prices at hotel
      • Tax that a government collects on imported goods
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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
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    • unemployment

      US /ˌʌnɛmˈplɔɪmənt,-ɪm-/

      UK /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Number of people without jobs in a country
      • State of not having a job
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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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