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Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • set up
  • figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
  • know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
  • in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
  • for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
  • take out: To apply for and get a license
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
  • run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
  • in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
  • incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
  • up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
  • hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
  • around the world: In or to many countries.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
  • evolve: To develop certain features
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
  • roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
  • military: Army or armed forces
  • innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
  • adapt: To change something for a different function
  • assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
  • counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
  • risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • drone: A remote controlled flying device
  • recruit: Person who has just joined the military
  • scary: Causing fear; frightening
  • target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
  • command: To be able to see far from a certain location
  • feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
  • count: To add things together to find the total number
  • breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
  • flush: Feeling that comes suddenly
  • forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
  • important: Having power or authority
  • technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
  • evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
  • basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
  • traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • equilibrium: A state of balance or harmony
  • scout: To watch or search for something or someone
  • minimize: To make something seem small or less important
  • translate: To change something into a different state
  • production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
  • blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
  • remotely: In a remote way
  • interference: Unwanted involvement in the concerns of others
  • evade: To avoid being captured; avoid answering
  • warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
  • supremacy: State of being greatest or best possible
  • battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
  • army: Large group of soldiers organized to fight in wars
  • war: Situation where armies fight each other
  • operator: Someone who operates or controls a machine
  • caliber: Degree or grade of excellence or worth
  • outnumber: To be larger than something in number
  • scrappy: Quarrelsome; aggressive
  • garrison: Camp, often fortified, where soldiers are based
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    • adapt

      US /əˈdæpt/

      UK /ə'dæpt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change something for a different function
      • To change something to fit or suit a new purpose
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change your behaviour so that it is easier to live in a new place or situation
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    • aggression

      US /əˈɡrɛʃən/

      UK /əˈgreʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
      • Hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another; readiness to attack or confront.
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    • army

      US /ˈɑrmi/

      UK /'ɑ:mɪ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Large group of soldiers organized to fight in wars
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    • around the world

      US /əˈraʊnd ði wɜrld/

      UK /əˈraund ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • In or to many countries.
      • In various places throughout the world.
      A2
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    • as one

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • Acting or moving together at the same time.
      • In complete agreement or unity.
      • Phrase
      • With a single voice or opinion; unanimously.
      • In perfect harmony or unison.
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    • assignment

      US /əˈsaɪnmənt/

      UK /ə'saɪnmənt/

      • Noun
      • Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
      • A homework task or report
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    • battlefield

      US /ˈbætlˌfild/

      UK /ˈbætlfi:ld/

      • Noun
      • Region where a battle was, or is being fought
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    • blood

      US /blʌd/

      UK /blʌd/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
      • Related by birth; family
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club
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    • breakthrough

      US /ˈbrekˌθru/

      UK /'breɪkθru:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Important discovery in doing something difficult
      B2TOEIC
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    • caliber

      US /ˈkæləbɚ/

      UK /'kælɪbə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Degree or grade of excellence or worth
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    • command

      US /kəˈmænd/

      UK /kə'mɑ:nd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to see far from a certain location
      • To give an order; have control over others
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Electronic order to a computer to do something
      • An order to control things or others
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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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    • count

      US /kaʊnt/

      UK /kaʊnt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To add things together to find the total number
      • To matter or be important
      • Countable Noun
      • Number of things added together, e.g. votes
      • With the number of crimes, knockouts, as stated
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    • counter

      US /ˈkaʊntɚ/

      UK /'kaʊntə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To say or do something in opposition or resistance
      • To try to prevent, as by making a different point
      • Prefix
      • Being opposite or against something
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    • drone

      US /dron/

      UK /drəʊn/

      • Countable Noun
      • A remote controlled flying device
      • Male bee
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To talk in a continually dull or monotonous voice
      • To make a continuous low humming sound.
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    • equilibrium

      US /ˌikwəˈlɪbriəm, ˌɛkwə-/

      UK /ˌi:kwɪˈlɪbriəm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A state of balance or harmony
      • Calm, quiet, undisturbed emotional state
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    • evacuate

      US /ɪˈvækjuˌet/

      UK /ɪ'vækjʊeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To move people from dangerous to a safe places
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    • evade

      US /ɪˈved/

      UK /ɪˈveɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid being captured; avoid answering
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    • evolve

      US /ɪˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪ'vɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To develop certain features
      • To develop or change slowly over time
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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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    • figure out

      US /ˈfɪɡjɚ aʊt/

      UK /ˈfiɡə aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand the behavior of someone
      • To think through logically to find a solution
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To understand or find an answer to something.
      • To find a solution to a problem or understand something.
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    • flush

      US /flʌʃ/

      UK /flʌʃ/

      • Noun
      • Feeling that comes suddenly
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To redden in the face due to emotion
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    • for sure

      US /fɔr ʃʊr/

      UK /fɔ: ʃuə/

      • Adverb
      • Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
      • Used to emphasize a statement.
      • Interjection
      • An expression of strong agreement or affirmation.
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    • forge

      US /fɔ:rdʒ/

      UK /fɔ:dʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create something by hammering hot metal
      • To form something new, such a relationship
      • Countable Noun
      • A furnace to melt and shape metals with heat
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    • garrison

      US /ˈɡærɪsən/

      UK /'ɡærɪsn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Camp, often fortified, where soldiers are based
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of soldiers) to be stationed at a base camp
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    • hang on

      US /hæŋ ɑn/

      UK /hæŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To wait for the person you phoned to answer
      • To persevere or persist, especially in a difficult situation.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in blood

      US /ɪn blʌd/

      UK /in blʌd/

      • other
      • Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
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    • in love with

      US //ɪn lʌv wɪð//

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Feeling romantic love for someone.
      • Extremely enthusiastic about or fond of something.
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    • in the air

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
      • Felt or sensed by many people; circulating as a rumor or feeling.
      • Adjective
      • Being broadcast on radio or television.
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    • incredibly important

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Extremely significant or crucial.
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    • innovation

      US /ˌɪnəˈveʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Process of creating new ideas or inventions
      • A new thing or method that is introduced.
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    • interference

      US /ˌɪntərˈfɪrəns/

      UK /ˌɪntəˈfɪərəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unwanted involvement in the concerns of others
      • Signal interrupting a radio or television signal
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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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    • military

      US /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri/

      UK /'mɪlətrɪ/

      • Noun
      • Army or armed forces
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the army or navy
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    • minimize

      US /ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz/

      UK /'mɪnɪmaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something seem small or less important
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    • motivation

      US /ˌmotəˈveʃən/

      UK /ˌməʊtɪ'veɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Reason behind why someone did something
      • Enthusiasm for doing something.
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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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    • 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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    • operator

      US /ˈɑ:pəreɪtə(r)/

      UK /ˈɒpəreɪtə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone who operates or controls a machine
      • Person whose job it is to connect phone calls
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    • outnumber

      US /aʊtˈnʌmbɚ/

      UK /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be larger than something in number
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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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    • production

      US /prəˈdʌkʃən, pro-/

      UK /prəˈdʌkʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Process of producing or growing food naturally
      • Process of making something on a large scale
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    • recruit

      US /rɪˈkrut/

      UK /rɪ'kru:t/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who has just joined the military
      • Person who has just begun a new activity or job
      • Transitive Verb
      • To convince and help people to join the military
      • To find new employees, volunteers or members
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    • remotely

      US /rɪˈmoʊtli/

      UK /rɪˈməʊtli/

      • Adverb
      • In a remote way
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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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    • run by

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
      • To show or tell something to someone briefly to get their opinion or approval.
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    • run through

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To pierce with a sharp pointed object
      • To practice or rehearse quickly, e.g. for a play
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    • scout

      US /skaʊt/

      UK /skaʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To watch or search for something or someone
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    • scrappy

      US /ˈskræpi/

      UK /ˈskræpi/

      • Adjective
      • Quarrelsome; aggressive
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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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    • supremacy

      US /sʊˈprɛməsi/

      UK /su:ˈpreməsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being greatest or best possible
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    • surrender

      US /səˈrɛndɚ/

      UK /sə'rendə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give up in a fight that you cannot win
      • To give in, e.g. to person's demands or temptation
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    • take out

      US /tek aʊt/

      UK /teik aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To apply for and get a license
      • To take someone on a date
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Food purchased at a restaurant to eat elsewhere.
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    • target

      US /ˈtɑrɡɪt/

      UK /'tɑ:ɡɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
      • Group you are trying to sell to or influence
      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to influence; direct a message toward
      • (Army) to aim an attack at something
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    • technology

      US /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/

      UK /tek'nɒlədʒɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
      • Machinery and equipment developed from scientific knowledge.
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • traditional

      US /trəˈdɪʃənəl/

      UK /trəˈdɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Involved in a custom or event common to a people
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    • translate

      US /trænsˈlet/

      UK /trænsˈleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change something into a different state
      • To be equivalent to; equate to
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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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    • war

      US /wɔr/

      UK /wɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • Situation where armies fight each other
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    • warfare

      US /ˈwɔrˌfɛr/

      UK /ˈwɔ:fɛə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Methods used by those fighting in a war
      • Engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict.
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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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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