Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
  • on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
  • due to: Because of; owing to
  • feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
  • up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
  • know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
  • right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
  • disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
  • touch on: To briefly discuss
  • dip into: To spend part of some money which you have been saving.
  • heading to: Going in a particular direction.
  • down the line: At a later time; in the future.
  • at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • jump off: To leave a path or designated area.
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
  • pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
  • sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
  • capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
  • conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
  • resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
  • community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
  • climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
  • track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
  • metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
  • abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • political: Being active or interested in government matters
  • establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
  • sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
  • replenish: To fill up again
  • meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
  • role: Character played by an actor
  • flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
  • project: To predict what will happen in the future
  • mind: To be bothered or upset by something
  • habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
  • mitigate: To make less severe or serious
  • scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
  • react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
  • enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
  • important: Having power or authority
  • science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
  • cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
  • public: Owned by the government
  • piece: A counter in a board game
  • finite: Having limits; lasting for a limited time
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
  • agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • land: Region or country
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
  • injustice: Unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair
  • incapable: Not capable or able to do something
  • herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
  • indefinitely: Without limit or end
  • flurry: Sudden rush of activity
  • renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
  • appease: To give in to someone's demands to avoid conflict
  • milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
  • denial: Statement which claims that something is not true
  • racial: Of or relating to race
  • equitable: Fair for all people involved
  • inverse: Being the opposite of something else
  • galvanize: To coat metal with a layer of iron and zinc
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    • abstract

      US /ˈæbˌstrækt/

      UK /'æbstrækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Passage of text from an article or book
      • Something that doesn't exist physically
      • Adjective
      • Concerning something that doesn't exist physically
      • Relating to abstract art.
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    • agricultural

      US /ˌæɡrɪ'kʌltʃərəl/

      UK /ˌæɡrɪ'kʌltʃərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning farming, or the land
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    • appease

      US /əˈpiz/

      UK /əˈpi:z/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give in to someone's demands to avoid conflict
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    • at the end of the day

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
      • After a day's work or activities.
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    • capacity

      US /kəˈpæsɪti/

      UK /kə'pæsətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
      • Largest amount of something that can be produced
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    • carbon

      US /ˈkɑrbən/

      UK /'kɑ:bən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
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    • cliff

      US /klɪf/

      UK /klɪf/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
      • A critical or dangerous situation.
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
      • A surname.
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    • climate

      US /ˈklaɪmɪt/

      UK /ˈklaɪmət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Typical weather conditions in a particular place
      • The general attitudes, feelings, or opinions that people have at a particular time.
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    • community

      US /kəˈmjunɪti/

      UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people who share a common idea or area
      • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or shared by the people in a particular area.
      • Shared or participated in by all members of a group
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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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    • crisis

      US /ˈkraɪsɪs/

      UK /'kraɪsɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
      • A turning point in a disease.
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    • denial

      US /dɪˈnaɪəl/

      UK /dɪˈnaɪəl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Statement which claims that something is not true
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    • dip into

      US /dɪp ˈɪntu/

      UK /dip ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend part of some money which you have been saving.
      • To read parts of a book, but not the whole book.
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    • disagree with

      US /ˌdɪsəˈɡri wɪð/

      UK /ˌdisəˈɡri: wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have a different opinion from someone else.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To cause someone to feel ill or uncomfortable.
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    • down the line

      US /daʊn ði laɪn/

      UK /daun ðə lain/

      • Phrase
      • At a later time; in the future.
      • Completely; entirely; all the way.
      • Adjective
      • In agreement or accordance with something.
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    • due to

      US /du tu/

      UK /dju: tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; owing to
      • Adjective
      • Attributable to; caused by.
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    • enemy

      US /ˈɛnəmi/

      UK /ˈenəmi/

      • Noun
      • Something that stops you doing what you want
      • Group, or people, you are opposed to
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    • equitable

      US /ˈɛkwɪtəbəl/

      UK /ˈekwɪtəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Fair for all people involved
      B2
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    • establish

      US /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      UK /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To set or create something to last for a long time
      • To use facts, evidence to show truth or clarity
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    • feat

      US /fit/

      UK /fi:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Impressive act showing courage or skill
      • A remarkable or skillful act or accomplishment.
      • Noun
      • An archaic spelling of 'feet'.
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    • feel like

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a desire or inclination for something.
      • To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
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    • finite

      US /ˈfaɪˌnaɪt/

      UK /ˈfaɪnaɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Having limits; lasting for a limited time
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    • flee

      US /fli/

      UK /fli:/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
      B1
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    • flurry

      US /ˈflə:ri, ˈflʌri/

      UK /'flʌrɪ/

      • Noun
      • Sudden rush of activity
      B2
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    • galvanize

      US /ˈɡælvəˌnaɪz/

      UK /ˈgælvənaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To coat metal with a layer of iron and zinc
      • To stimulate or excite as if by electric shock
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
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    • habitat

      US /ˈhæbɪˌtæt/

      UK /'hæbɪtæt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Natural place where a plant or animal lives
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • heading to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Going in a particular direction.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • Going in the direction of; on the way to.
      • Moving towards a future state or condition.
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    • heat

      US /hit/

      UK /hi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of anger, excitement, or arguing
      • Particular temperature at which to cook something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make hot or hotter
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    • herd

      US /hɜ:rd/

      UK /hɜ:d/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of the same animal that eat, live together
      • Group of people who are easily influenced
      • Transitive Verb
      • To gather animals together to move them
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    • incapable

      US /ɪnˈkepəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈkeɪpəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Not capable or able to do something
      • Legally disqualified or incapacitated.
      • Noun
      • A person lacking ability or qualification.
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    • indefinitely

      US /ɪnˈdefɪnətli/

      UK /ɪnˈdefɪnətli/

      • Adverb
      • Without limit or end
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    • injustice

      US /ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs/

      UK /ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair
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    • inverse

      US / ˈɪnˌvə:s/

      UK /ɪnˈvɜ:s /

      • Adjective
      • Being the opposite of something else
      • Noun
      • Thing that is the complete opposite of another
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    • journey

      US /ˈdʒɚni/

      UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

      • Noun
      • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel through a place
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    • jump off

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To leave a path or designated area.
      • To begin or start something, often a project or activity.
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    • know about

      US /noʊ əˈbaʊt/

      UK /nəʊ əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
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    • meaningful

      US /ˈminɪŋfəl/

      UK /'mi:nɪŋfl/

      • Adjective
      • Having importance; showing someone's intention
      • Having importance or value.
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    • metaphor

      US /ˈmɛtəˌfɔr, -fɚ/

      UK /ˈmetəfə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
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    • milestone

      US /ˈmaɪlstoʊn/

      UK /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/

      • Noun
      • Significant event in your life (or in a project)
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    • mitigate

      US /ˈmɪtˌɪɡet/

      UK /'mɪtɪɡeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make less severe or serious
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    • of the century

      US /ʌv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri/

      UK /əv ðə ˈsenʧəri/

      • other
      • The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
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    • on the move

      US /ɑn ði muv/

      UK /ɔn ðə mu:v/

      • Adjective
      • Traveling or going from place to place.
      • Actively progressing or developing.
      • Phrase
      • In the process of changing location.
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    • political

      US /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/

      UK /pəˈlɪtɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Being active or interested in government matters
      • Diplomatic
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    • pursue

      US /pɚˈsu/

      UK /pə'sju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
      • To try to achieve or get something over time
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    • racial

      US /ˈreʃəl/

      UK /ˈreɪʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to race
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    • react

      US /riˈækt/

      UK /rɪ'ækt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change when mixing with other chemicals
      • To behave or make a change in a particular way
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    • renewable

      US /rɪˈnu:/

      UK /rɪˈnju:əbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being able to be replaced naturally
      • Noun
      • A resource that can be used again many times
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    • replenish

      US /rɪˈplɛnɪʃ/

      UK /rɪ'plenɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To fill up again
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    • resilient

      US /rɪˈzɪljənt/

      UK /rɪ'zɪlɪənt/

      • Adjective
      • Recovering quickly from something bad
      • Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
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    • right for

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
      • Correct or most appropriate.
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    • role

      US /rol/

      UK /rəʊl/

      • Noun
      • Character played by an actor
      • Part you play in an activity; job; responsibility
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    • science

      US /ˈsaɪəns/

      UK /'saɪəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the physical world, based on facts
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    • scramble

      US /ˈskræmbəl/

      UK /ˈskræmbl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To cause war planes to take off quickly
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mix up
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    • slide

      US /slaɪd/

      UK /slaɪd/

      • Noun
      • Part of machines that slides backward and forward
      • Reduction in amount, price, quality
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To pass or move smoothly and rapidly into or out
      • To move smoothly and rapidly over a surface
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    • sustain

      US /səˈsten/

      UK /sə'steɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To lengthen or continue to do something
      • To support or maintain someone or something
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    • sustainable

      US /səˈsteɪnəbl/

      UK /səˈsteɪnəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Capable of continuing for a long time
      • Able to be maintained without running out of
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • touch on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To briefly discuss
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    • track

      US /træk/

      UK /træk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use marks to follow a wild animal
      • To move a certain way/follow a particular course
      • Noun
      • A circular course for running
      • Course or way someone takes, e.g. in education
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    • up against

      US /ʌp əˈɡenst/

      UK /ʌp əˈɡenst/

      • Phrase
      • Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
      • In close proximity or contact with something.
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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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