Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • work out
  • shelf life: The length of time for which an item remains usable, fit for consumption, or saleable.
  • at that time: During a specific point in the past.
  • close down: To shut an operation, company, shop
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • together with: In addition to; along with.
  • past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
  • specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
  • technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
  • bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
  • research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
  • decade: Period of 10 years
  • industry: Hard work; being busy working
  • concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
  • status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
  • automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
  • affect: To cause a change in something else
  • valuable: Being useful or important
  • facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
  • sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
  • dairy: Concerning or made from milk
  • expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • evolution: Theory that living things change over time
  • responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
  • switch: A change or shift from one method to another
  • competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
  • convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
  • analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
  • regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
  • fake: Not real; made to look like something real
  • dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
  • distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
  • analysis: Careful study to better understand something
  • carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
  • formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
  • fermentation: Chemical change that produces alcohol in a liquid
  • century: Period of 100 years
  • own: To have something as your property
  • protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
  • laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
  • bacterium: The very small creatures that can cause disease
  • genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • special: Being additional or extra
  • age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • close: Almost; near
  • bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
  • lactic: Of or obtained from milk (e.g. sour milk or whey)
  • whey: Watery part of milk left after it has gone sour
  • dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
  • milliliter: Unit of liquid volume equal to 0.001 liter
  • milligram: One thousandth (1/1000) of a gram
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    • advantage

      US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing making the chance of success higher
      • A positive point about something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
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    • affect

      US /əˈfɛkt/

      UK /ə'fekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a change in something else
      • To pretend to have or feel (something).
      • Noun
      • (Psychology) Emotion or feeling.
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    • analysis

      US /əˈnælɪsɪs/

      UK /əˈnæləsɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Careful study to better understand something
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    • analyze

      US /ˈænəˌlaɪz/

      UK /'ænəlaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To study carefully to find out the meaning of
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    • at that time

      US /æt ðæt taɪm/

      UK /æt ðæt taim/

      • Phrase
      • During a specific point in the past.
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    • automatically

      US /ˌɔtəˈmætɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌɔ:tə'mætɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way not requiring control by a person
      B1
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    • bacteria

      US /bækˈtɪriə/

      UK /bæk'tɪərɪə/

      • Noun (plural)
      • The very small creatures that can cause disease
      B2
      More
    • bacterial

      US /bæk'tɪərɪrl/

      UK /bæk'tɪərɪəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or caused by bacteria
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    • bacterium

      US /bækˈtɪriəm/

      UK /bæk'tɪərɪəm/

      • Countable Noun
      • The very small creatures that can cause disease
      B2
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    • carbon

      US /ˈkɑrbən/

      UK /'kɑ:bən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
      B1
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    • close down

      US /kloz daʊn/

      UK /kləuz daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To shut an operation, company, shop
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    • competitive

      US /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/

      UK /kəmˈpetətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Being strongly driven to win or be better than
      • As good as or better than others.
      B1
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    • concentration

      US /ˌkɑ:nsnˈtreɪʃn/

      UK /ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount or number of something in a thing or place
      • Paying (a lot of) attention to a task
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    • convert

      US /kənˈvɚt/

      UK /kən'vɜ:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
      • To change form, character, or function to another
      • Countable Noun
      • Person switching from one belief system to another
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    • countless

      US /ˈkaʊntlɪs/

      UK /ˈkaʊntləs/

      • Adjective
      • Being too many to be numbered or imagined
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    • dairy

      US /ˈderi/

      UK /ˈdeəri/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or made from milk
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Building for storing milk or making cheese/butter
      B2
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    • decade

      US /ˈdɛkˌed, dɛˈked/

      UK /ˈdekeɪd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Period of 10 years
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    • dioxide

      US /daɪˈɑksaɪd/

      UK /daɪˈɒksaɪd/

      • Noun
      • An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
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    • distribution

      US /ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən/

      UK /ˌdɪstrɪˈbju:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dividing or spreading out to others
      • Act of sending products to stores to sell
      • Adjective
      • Sending products to stores to sell
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    • dna

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Chemical in living cells with genetic information
      B2
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    • evolution

      US /ˌɛvəˈluʃən, ˌivə-/

      UK /ˌi:və'lu:ʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Theory that living things change over time
      • Process by which something develops over time
      B1
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    • expand

      US /ɪkˈspænd/

      UK /ɪk'spænd/

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

      US /fəˈsɪlɪti/

      UK /fəˈsɪləti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
      • Skill to do something with ease
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    • fake

      US /fek/

      UK /feɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Not real; made to look like something real
      • Countable Noun
      • A copy of something made to trick people
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    • fermentation

      US /ˌfə:mənˈteʃən, -mɛn-/

      UK /ˌfɜ:men'teɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Chemical change that produces alcohol in a liquid
      B2
      More
    • formation

      US /fɔ:rˈmeɪʃn/

      UK /fɔ:ˈmeɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Process of creating; making a particular shape
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    • fraud

      US /frɔd/

      UK /frɔ:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
      • Person who pretends to be what he or she is not
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    • genome

      US /ˈdʒi:noʊm/

      UK /ˈdʒi:nəʊm/

      • Noun
      • Complete set of genetic material in an organism
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in the past

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
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    • laboratory

      US /ˈlæbrəˌtɔri, -ˌtori/

      UK /lə'bɒrətrɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A place to do scientific experiments
      • A place where tests are done for medical diagnosis.
      B1
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    • lactic

      US /ˈlæktɪk/

      UK /'læktɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of or obtained from milk (e.g. sour milk or whey)
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    • milligram

      US /ˈmɪlɪˌɡræm/

      UK /ˈmɪligræm/

      • Countable Noun
      • One thousandth (1/1000) of a gram
      B2
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    • milliliter

      US /'mɪlɪˌli:tə/

      UK /'mɪlɪˌli:tə/

      • Countable Noun
      • Unit of liquid volume equal to 0.001 liter
      • Unit of liquid volume equal to 0.001 liter
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    • past it

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
      • Beyond the point of being useful or functional.
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    • regularly

      US /ˈregjələrli/

      UK /ˈregjələli/

      • Adverb
      • At the usual time each day, week, or month
      • In a normal or customary way.
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    • research

      US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/

      UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
      • To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
      • A particular area or topic of study.
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    • responsible

      US / rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the cause of something that has occurred
      • Having the duty of dealing with something
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    • result

      US /rɪˈzʌlt/

      UK /rɪ'zʌlt/

      • Noun
      • Something produced through tests or experiments
      • Final score of a competition, election or game
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the outcome of other causes and effects
      • To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
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    • sequence

      US /ˈsikwəns, -ˌkwɛns/

      UK /'si:kwəns/

      • Noun
      • Part of a movie showing one part of the story
      • A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange things in an order they should happen
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    • shelf life

      US /ʃɛlf laɪf/

      UK /ʃelf laif/

      • Noun
      • The length of time for which an item remains usable, fit for consumption, or saleable.
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    • specific

      US /spɪˈsɪfɪk/

      UK /spəˈsɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Precise; particular; just about that thing
      • Concerning one particular thing or kind of thing
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    • specifically

      US /spəˈsɪfɪkli/

      UK /spəˈsɪfɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • As regards a particular thing; closely related to
      • In a definite and clear manner.
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    • status

      US /ˈstetəs, ˈstætəs/

      UK /'steɪtəs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Position or rank relative to others in a society
      • Legal position of a person or thing
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    • strain

      US /stren/

      UK /streɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove the water from (food) using a colander
      • To injure a muscle, leg etc. by using it too much
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Injury to a muscle, leg etc. through overuse
      • Type or variation of a disease or bacillus
      B2
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    • switch

      US /swɪtʃ/

      UK /swɪtʃ/

      • Noun
      • A change or shift from one method to another
      • Thing you move to turn electrical items on or off
      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange or replace something for another thing
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    • technique

      US /tɛkˈnik/

      UK /tekˈni:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
      • The skill or ability to do something well.
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    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
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    • together with

      US /təˈɡɛðɚ wɪð/

      UK /təˈɡeðə wið/

      • Preposition
      • In addition to; along with.
      • Including; as well as.
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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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    • whey

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Watery part of milk left after it has gone sour
      C2
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    • work out

      US /wɚk aʊt/

      UK /wə:k aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find a way to do something, by thinking
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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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