Vocabulary

  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • at least: As a minimum
  • set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • have to: Must do
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
  • conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
  • correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
  • phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
  • heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
  • discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
  • hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • important: Having power or authority
  • uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
  • president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
  • ceremony: Special social or religious event
  • minister: An official who heads a government department
  • defend: To protect and explain your position in court
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • speech: A formal talk to an audience
  • stadium: Building with a sports field for watching games
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • forensic: Establishing facts or evidence in investigations
  • shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
  • lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
  • terror: Use of violent acts to make people afraid
  • mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
  • focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
  • cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
  • attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
  • closure: Feeling of accepting a death, divorce etc.
  • northern: In or toward the north
  • pave: To build a hard even surface for traveling on
  • procession: Group moving slowly as part of a ceremony
  • officer: Person of high position in an organization
  • domestically: With respect to your own country
  • decease: To die
  • hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
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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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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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    • attack

      US /əˈtæk/

      UK /ə'tæk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to destroy, beat, or injure
      • Noun
      • Act intended to hurt someone physically, mentally
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    • cemetery

      US /ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri/

      UK /'semətrɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where people are buried after they die
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    • ceremony

      US /ˈsɛrəˌmoni/

      UK /'serəmənɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Special social or religious event
      • Rigidly formal way of behaving
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    • closure

      US /ˈkloʊʒə(r)/

      UK /ˈkləʊʒə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of accepting a death, divorce etc.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of closing something
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    • conflict

      US /ˈkɑnˌflɪkt/

      UK /'kɒnflɪkt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Argument or struggle between two or more parties
      • A serious disagreement or argument.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have opposite ideas; to disagree; To not match
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    • correspondent

      US /ˌkɔrɪˈspɑndənt, ˌkɑr-/

      UK /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
      B1
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    • decease

      US /dɪˈsis/

      UK /dɪˈsi:s/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To die
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    • defend

      US /dɪˈfɛnd/

      UK /dɪ'fend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To protect and explain your position in court
      • To protect against an attack
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    • domestically

      US /də'mestɪklɪ/

      UK /də'mestɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With respect to your own country
      • In a way that relates to the home, household, or family affairs
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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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    • forensic

      US /fəˈrɛnsɪk,-zɪk/

      UK /fəˈrensɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Establishing facts or evidence in investigations
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    • funeral

      US /ˈfjunərəl/

      UK /ˈfju:nərəl/

      • Noun
      • Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or characteristic of a funeral; mournful or somber.
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    • grief

      US /ɡrif/

      UK /ɡri:f/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
      • Things that are troublesome or annoying
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • heal

      US /hi:l/

      UK /hi:l/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To recover from or forget a bad experience
      • To make or become healthy or well again
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    • hometown

      US /ˈhomˈtaʊn/

      UK /'həʊmtaʊn/

      • Noun
      • Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
      B2
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    • hostage

      US /ˈhɑstɪdʒ/

      UK /'hɒstɪdʒ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
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    • in the past

      US

      UK

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

      US /le/

      UK /leɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Amateur; not being a trained priest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place a bet on a game outcome
      • (Of a bird, etc.) to produce eggs from its body
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    • minister

      US /ˈmɪnɪstɚ/

      UK /'mɪnɪstə(r)/

      • Noun
      • An official who heads a government department
      • Person who performs Christian services
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    • mourn

      US /mɔ:rn/

      UK /mɔ:n/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel or show extreme sadness
      • To feel or express sorrow or grief over (someone's death or something lost).
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    • northern

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • In or toward the north
      • Coming from the north.
      • Noun
      • A person who comes from the north.
      • The Aurora Borealis.
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • officer

      US /ˈɔ:fɪsə(r)/

      UK /ˈɒfɪsə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person of high position in an organization
      • Person of high position in the military
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    • painful

      US /ˈpenfəl/

      UK /ˈpeɪnfl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
      • Causing distress or unhappiness.
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    • pave

      US /pev/

      UK /peɪv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To build a hard even surface for traveling on
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    • phase

      US /fez/

      UK /feɪz/

      • Noun
      • Different stages of the moon from new to full
      • Distinct part or step in a process
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make happen in a gradual ordered way
      A2
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    • potential

      US /pəˈtɛnʃəl/

      UK /pəˈtenʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Capable of happening or becoming reality
      • Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
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    • president

      US /ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt/

      UK /ˈprezɪdənt/

      • Noun
      • Person in charge of a country, or organization
      • The highest-ranking executive in a corporation or organization.
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    • prime

      US /praɪm/

      UK /praɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To get a person ready for; prepare someone
      • To coat with paint to prepare it for the main coat
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the highest in quality or value
      • Concerning the highest level of achievement
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    • procession

      US /prəˈsɛʃən/

      UK /prə'seʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group moving slowly as part of a ceremony
      • Series that occur one after another
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    • remain

      US /rɪˈmen/

      UK /rɪˈmeɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be left behind; to continue to exist
      • To stay in a place when other people have gone
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    • responsibility

      US /rɪˌspɑnsəˈbɪlɪti/

      UK /rɪˌspɒnsə'bɪlətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
      • A thing to be done because it is morally correct
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • set out

      US /sɛt aʊt/

      UK /set aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrange something in an orderly fashion
      • To give in detail in writing
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    • shot

      US /ʃɑt/

      UK /ʃɒt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
      • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
      • Countable Noun
      • An attempt to kick or throw a ball at a goal
      A2
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    • speech

      US /spitʃ/

      UK /spi:tʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A formal talk to an audience
      • Expression of ideas or opinions by talking
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    • stadium

      US /ˈstediəm/

      UK /'steɪdɪəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Building with a sports field for watching games
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    • terror

      US /ˈtɛrɚ/

      UK /ˈterə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use of violent acts to make people afraid
      • Extreme fear; dread.
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    • uncertainty

      US /ʌnˈsə:tn:ti/

      UK /ʌn'sɜ:tntɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
      • Lack of confidence; doubt.
      B2TOEIC
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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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    Israel lays to rest the body of Ran Gvili, the last hostage recovered from Gaza | DW News

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