Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • language proficiency: The ability to use a language with accuracy and fluency.
  • on the take: Accepting bribes or illicit payments; corrupt.
  • engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • check out
  • specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
  • accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
  • engage: To start to fight with an enemy
  • elaborate: To explain something in detail
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
  • accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
  • conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
  • reward: To give something because of someone's good work
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
  • academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
  • measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
  • ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
  • concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
  • convey: To carry or transport something
  • mean: Average of a set of numbers
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • response: Something said/written as an answer to something
  • section: A part of a whole
  • fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
  • manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
  • deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
  • intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
  • provide: To make available; to supply for use
  • record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
  • important: Having power or authority
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
  • update: Addition of a current version of something
  • pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
  • foundational: Being the base or important starting point
  • toefl: Test Of English as a Foreign Language
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    • ability

      US /əˈbɪlɪti/

      UK /ə'bɪlətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The power, resources or skill to do something
      • A particular skill or talent.
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    • academic

      US /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/

      UK /ˌækə'demɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
      • Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Educator teaching at a college or university
      • A subject taught at schools and universities.
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    • accent

      US /ˈækˌsɛnt/

      UK /'æksent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
      • Noun
      • Feature of a design, e.g. a stripe on a shirt
      • Correct spoken emphasis on a part of a word
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    • accurate

      US /ˈækjərɪt/

      UK /ˈækjərət/

      • Adjective
      • With no mistake or error; Correct
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • concentrate

      US /ˈkɑnsənˌtret/

      UK /'kɒnsntreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause to be present in large amount or number
      • To pay great attention to a task; focus
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A substance made by removing water or other diluents; a concentrated form of something.
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    • conversation

      US /ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Talking with other people; discussion or chat
      • General communication or interaction.
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    • convey

      US /kənˈve/

      UK /kən'veɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To carry or transport something
      • To make aware or tell others information
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    • deliver

      US /dɪˈlɪvɚ/

      UK /dɪ'lɪvə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
      • To save someone from a problem or crisis
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    • elaborate

      US /ɪˈlæbəret/

      UK /ɪ'læbəreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To explain something in detail
      • To be made or explained with great care/in detail
      • Adjective
      • Made or done with great care or in a detailed way
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    • engage

      US /ɪn'gedʒ/

      UK /ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To start to fight with an enemy
      • To hire someone for a task or job
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    • engage in

      US /ɪn'gedʒ ɪn/

      UK /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To participate or become involved in something.
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    • fluency

      US /ˈfluːənsi/

      UK /ˈflu:ənsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to do something well and with ease
      • Ability to speak or write a language easily
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    • foundational

      US /faʊn'deɪʃənəl/

      UK /faʊn'deɪʃənəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the base or important starting point
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    • grammatical

      US /ɡrəˈmætɪkəl/

      UK /grəˈmætɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Conforming to the rules of syntax
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    • intonation

      US /ˌɪntəˈneʃən,-to-/

      UK /ˌɪntəˈneɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Rises and falls in pitch of speech
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    • language proficiency

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The ability to use a language with accuracy and fluency.
      • A standardized assessment of one's language skills.
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • manner

      US /ˈmænɚ/

      UK /ˈmænə(r)/

      • Noun
      • The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
      • Polite and respectful behavior to others
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    • on the take

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Accepting bribes or illicit payments; corrupt.
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • pre

      US

      UK

      • Prefix
      • A prefix meaning 'before'
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    • proficiency

      US /prəˈfɪʃənsi/

      UK /prə'fɪʃnsɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • High amount of skill or ability in something
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • response

      US /rɪˈspɑns/

      UK /riˈspɔns/

      • Noun
      • Something said/written as an answer to something
      • Reaction to something that has occurred
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    • reward

      US /rɪˈwɔrd/

      UK /rɪ'wɔ:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give something because of someone's good work
      • To give someone money for helping the police
      • Noun
      • Money given for information about criminals
      • Something given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
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    • rhythm

      US /ˈrɪðəm/

      UK /ˈrɪðəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Pattern of events, motions, or changes
      • A pattern of sound and beats in music
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    • roughly

      US /ˈrʌflɪ/

      UK /ˈrʌfli/

      • Adverb
      • Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
      • In a manner that is violent or not careful
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    • section

      US / ˈsɛkʃən/

      UK /'sekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A part of a whole
      • Specific group of people from a larger group
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide something into smaller parts
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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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    • task

      US /tæsk/

      UK /tɑ:sk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Big or small piece of work someone has to do
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • toefl

      US /ˈtofəl/

      UK /ˈtəʊfəl/

      • Proper Noun
      • Test Of English as a Foreign Language
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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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    • vocabulary

      US /voˈkæbjəˌlɛri/

      UK /və'kæbjələrɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Words that have to do with a particular subject
      • The words that a person knows
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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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