Vocabulary

  • also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • as for: Concerning; regarding.
  • set up
  • from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
  • thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
  • update on: To provide the latest information about something.
  • crucial: Extremely important or necessary
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
  • appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
  • effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
  • encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
  • implement: To start to do something you plan to do
  • quality: Feature associated with someone or something
  • accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
  • function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
  • distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
  • require: To demand that someone does something
  • define: To explain the meaning of words
  • architecture: Design and construction of buildings
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • involve: To have or be included as a part of something
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
  • initiate: To cause something to begin
  • validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
  • discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
  • stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
  • feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
  • analysis: Careful study to better understand something
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
  • detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
  • deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
  • basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
  • aspire: To have a great ambition or goal
  • browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • product: Item that can be bought
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • devise: To think of and plan something
  • icon: Small image on a computer screen
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • implementation: A practical means for accomplishing something
  • bug: To bother someone
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • decor: Decoration or style of decoration of room/building
  • assurance: Freedom from doubt
  • commence: To begin or start
  • update: Addition of a current version of something
  • specification: Description of the design to make something
  • artwork: the pieces of art, such as drawings and photographs, that are used in books, newspapers, and magazines
  • debug: To locate and correct errors in a computer program
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    • accessible

      US /ækˈsɛsəbəl/

      UK /əkˈsesəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be entered, reached or used
      • Easy to understand.
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    • also known as

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Also called; alternatively named.
      • Identified by another term; synonymous with.
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    • analysis

      US /əˈnælɪsɪs/

      UK /əˈnæləsɪs/

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

      US /əˈpriʃiˌet/

      UK /ə'pri:ʃɪeɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To rise in value (of property or belongings)
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be thankful for; to value or admire
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    • architecture

      US /ˈɑrkɪˌtɛktʃɚ/

      UK /ˈɑ:kɪtektʃə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Design and construction of buildings
      • The style or design of a building or buildings.
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    • artwork

      US /ˈɑrtˌwɚk/

      UK /ˈɑ:twə:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • the pieces of art, such as drawings and photographs, that are used in books, newspapers, and magazines
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    • as for

      US /æz fɔr/

      UK /æz fɔ:/

      • Preposition
      • Concerning; regarding.
      • Phrase
      • Used to introduce a new topic or aspect of a subject.
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    • aspire

      US /əˈspaɪr/

      UK /əˈspaɪə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a great ambition or goal
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    • assurance

      US /əˈʃʊrəns/

      UK /əˈʃʊərəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Freedom from doubt
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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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    • browse

      US /braʊz/

      UK /braʊz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
      • To use a browser to view websites on the Internet.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A collection of things to look through.
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    • bug

      US /bʌɡ/

      UK /bʌɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To bother someone
      • To hide an electronic device to spy on someone
      • Countable Noun
      • An insect
      • Problem in the functioning of computer code
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    • commence

      US /kəˈmɛns/

      UK /kə'mens/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To begin or start
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    • crucial

      US /ˈkruʃəl/

      UK /'kru:ʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely important or necessary
      • Of great importance to the success of something.
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    • debug

      US /diˈbʌɡ/

      UK /ˌdi:'bʌɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To locate and correct errors in a computer program
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    • decor

      US /deɪ'kɔ:r/

      UK /'deɪkɔ:(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Decoration or style of decoration of room/building
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    • define

      US /dɪˈfaɪn/

      UK /dɪ'faɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To explain the meaning of words
      • To set or mark the limits of something
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    • deploy

      US /dɪˈplɔɪ/

      UK /dɪˈplɔɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put into position (often a military operation)
      • To put something into use or action.
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    • devise

      US /dɪˈvaɪz/

      UK /dɪ'vaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To think of and plan something
      • To leave real estate to someone in a will.
      • Noun
      • A clause in a will that leaves real estate to someone.
      • An emblematic design or motto, especially one used for a heraldic badge or seal.
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    • distinctive

      US /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/

      UK /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Having a quality that is different from others
      • Having a quality or characteristic that makes a person or thing different from others; easily distinguishable.
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    • effort

      US /ˈɛfət/

      UK /ˈefət/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of work used trying to do something
      • A conscious exertion of power; a try.
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    • encounter

      US /ɛnˈkaʊntɚ/

      UK /ɪn'kaʊntə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
      • To meet someone or something unexpectedly
      • Noun
      • A chance meeting; unexpected or unplanned meeting
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    • entrepreneur

      US /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɚ, -ˈnʊr/

      UK /ˌɒntrəprə'nɜ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Businessperson who develops new businesses
      • A person who identifies a need and starts a business to fill it.
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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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    • feedback

      US /ˈfidˌbæk/

      UK /ˈfi:dbæk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
      • Information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give information or opinions about something to someone, especially in order to improve it.
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    • format

      US /ˈfɔ:rmæt/

      UK /ˈfɔ:mæt/

      • Noun
      • Form, design, or arrangement of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To set the appearance of a text in a certain way
      • To set a computer back to its original state
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    • from time to time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
      • At intervals; now and then.
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    • function

      US /ˈfʌŋkʃən/

      UK /'fʌŋkʃn/

      • Noun
      • Social event, or party such as a wedding
      • Mathematical operation used in calculations
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To serve a certain purpose or role
      • To be operating, working or achieving its purpose
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    • icon

      US /ˈaɪˌkɑn/

      UK /'aɪkɒn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small image on a computer screen
      • Person widely recognized as a symbol of something
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    • implement

      US /ˈɪmpləmənt/

      UK /ˈɪmplɪment/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To start to do something you plan to do
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A tool
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    • implementation

      US /ˌɪmplɪmənˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌɪmplɪmen'teɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A practical means for accomplishing something
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    • initiate

      US /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/

      UK /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause something to begin
      • To allow someone into a group by a special ceremony
      • Noun
      • A person who has been initiated into an organization or activity.
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    • involve

      US /ɪnˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪn'vɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To have or be included as a part of something
      • To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
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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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    • online shopping

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      UK

      • Noun
      • The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
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    • 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
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    • purpose

      US /ˈpɚpəs/

      UK /'pɜ:pəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
      • A person's sense of resolve or determination.
      • Adverb
      • With clear intention or determination.
      • Intentionally; deliberately.
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    • quality

      US /ˈkwɑlɪti/

      UK /'kwɒlətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feature associated with someone or something
      • High level of worth or excellence
      • Adjective
      • Of a high standard
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    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
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    • require

      US /rɪˈkwaɪr/

      UK /rɪ'kwaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demand that someone does something
      • To need to do something, to make it necessary
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    • set up

      US /sɛt ʌp/

      UK /set ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make arrangements for something; establish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange or prepare something for use.
      • To start a business, organization, etc.
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    • specification

      US /ˌspɛsəfɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌspesɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Description of the design to make something
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    • thumbs up

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
      • A positive rating or vote on social media or online platforms.
      • Noun (plural)
      • Multiple gestures of approval or agreement made by extending the thumbs upward.
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    • update

      US /ʌpˈdet/

      UK /ˌʌpˈdeɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Addition of a current version of something
      • New information or data to make more current
      • Transitive Verb
      • To download the latest version of software
      • To make more current or modern
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    • update on

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To provide the latest information about something.
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    • validate

      US /ˈvælɪˌdet/

      UK /'vælɪdeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To show to be officially correct or allowable
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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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