Vocabulary

  • instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • focal length: The distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.
  • step into: To enter a place or situation.
  • look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
  • in focus: State in which you see something sharp and clearly
  • step aside: To move to the side to allow someone to pass.
  • move closer: To reduce the distance between two objects or people.
  • closer than: Nearer in distance compared to something else.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
  • least expect it: When something happens at the time you are not expecting it.
  • perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
  • multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
  • vast: Being very large in size or amount
  • intuitive: Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
  • aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
  • bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
  • dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
  • atmosphere: Air around us
  • unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
  • function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
  • ordinary: Normal or usual
  • tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
  • portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
  • frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
  • essence: Most important part or quality of something
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
  • distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
  • evoke: To bring forth a certain feeling or memory
  • hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
  • layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
  • important: Having power or authority
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • blurry: Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
  • extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
  • stand: To be a candidate in an election
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • daily: Happening every day
  • step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
  • focal: (Of a point) being the main or important one
  • silhouette: Image/drawing showing only the outline, as of head
  • foreground: To make something more visible or important
  • crouch: To bend your back forward from the waist on down
  • aperture: Hole or opening controlling e.g. light on a lens
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    • advantage

      US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing making the chance of success higher
      • A positive point about something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
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    • aperture

      US /ˈæpətʃɚ/

      UK /ˈæpətʃə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Hole or opening controlling e.g. light on a lens
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    • atmosphere

      US /ˈætməˌsfɪr/

      UK /'ætməsfɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Air around us
      • Feeling or mood of a place
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • aware

      US /əˈwɛr/

      UK /əˈwɛə/

      • Adjective
      • Knowing or feeling that something exists
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    • blurry

      US /ˈblə:ɪ/

      UK /ˈblɜ:ri/

      • Adjective
      • Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
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    • bold

      US /bold/

      UK /bəʊld/

      • Adjective
      • Brave; very confident; too confident
      • Having a strong, vivid, or striking appearance or flavor
      • Noun
      • Darker heavier shade of a font
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    • capture

      US /ˈkæptʃɚ/

      UK /'kæptʃə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
      • To record, tape, or film something
      • Noun
      • The act of seizing or taking control of something.
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    • closer than

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Nearer in distance compared to something else.
      • Having a stronger emotional bond compared to someone else.
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    • crouch

      US /kraʊtʃ/

      UK /kraʊtʃ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To bend your back forward from the waist on down
      B2
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    • depend

      US /dɪˈpend/

      UK /dɪˈpend/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
      • To rely on someone or something for support, help, or existence.
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    • depending on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
      • Influenced or determined by.
      • Preposition
      • Subject to; contingent on
      • Relying on someone or something for support or assistance.
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    • distance

      US /ˈdɪstəns/

      UK /'dɪstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of friendliness toward another person
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of space between two places or things
      • A point or place that is far away.
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    • dynamic

      US /daiˈnæmik/

      UK /daɪˈnæmɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Always active or energetic; getting things done
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    • equivalent

      US /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      UK /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Equal to something in value, use or meaning
      • Having the same meaning or significance.
      • Noun
      • Thing like another in quality, quantity or degree
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    • essence

      US /ˈɛsəns/

      UK /'esns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Most important part or quality of something
      • Substance that has a very strong, unique smell
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    • evoke

      US /ɪˈvok/

      UK /ɪ'vəʊk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To bring forth a certain feeling or memory
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    • extension

      US /ɪkˈstɛnʃən/

      UK /ɪkˈstenʃn/

      • Noun
      • Addition to something, e.g. a house
      • Suffix code of a computer file, e.g. .pdf, .jpg
      • Adjective
      • Adding extra length
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    • flat

      US /flæt/

      UK /flæt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Apartment; set of rooms for living in
      • The smooth or level part of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To share an apartment with someone
      • To fail to produce the intended effect; to be unsuccessful or uninteresting.
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    • focal

      US /ˈfokəl/

      UK /'fəʊkl/

      • Adjective
      • (Of a point) being the main or important one
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    • focal length

      US /ˈfokəl lɛŋkθ/

      UK /ˈfəʊkəl leŋθ/

      • Noun
      • The distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • foreground

      US /ˈfɔrˌɡraʊnd, ˈfor-/

      UK /ˈfɔ:graʊnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something more visible or important
      • Noun
      • The area in front of a picture or person
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    • frame

      US /frem/

      UK /freɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
      • To put say or write something in a careful way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Structure that holds a picture or photo
      • A person's body shape determined by their skeleton
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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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    • hang

      US /hæŋ/

      UK /hæŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
      • To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To float, move softly, or remain in the air
      • To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear
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    • in focus

      US /ɪn ˈfokəs/

      UK /in ˈfəukəs/

      • Phrase
      • State in which you see something sharp and clearly
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    • instead of

      US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/

      UK /inˈsted ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • When one thing is replaced by another
      • Adverb
      • As a substitute or alternative.
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    • intuitive

      US /ɪnˈtuɪtɪv, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ɪnˈtju:ɪtɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
      • Easy to use and understand.
      B2
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    • laundry

      US /ˈlɔndri, ˈlɑn-/

      UK /'lɔ:ndrɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
      • Clothes etc., that are to be washed, already washed
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    • layer

      US /ˈleɚ/

      UK /ˈleiə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of several sheets of a material or object
      • A covering of something spread over a surface.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put things one on top of another
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    • least expect it

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • When something happens at the time you are not expecting it.
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    • look for

      US /lʊk fɔr/

      UK /luk fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to find a thing or person that is lost
      • To expect or anticipate something.
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    • mixture

      US /ˈmɪkstʃɚ/

      UK /ˈmɪkstʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something made by combining two or more things
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    • move closer

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To reduce the distance between two objects or people.
      • To develop a more intimate or involved relationship.
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    • multiple

      US /ˈmʌltəpəl/

      UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/

      • Adjective
      • Having or involving more than one of something
      • Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
      • Countable Noun
      • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
      • A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
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    • ordinary

      US /ˈɔ:rdneri/

      UK /'ɔ:dnrɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Normal or usual
      • Of the rank of ordinary seaman.
      • Noun
      • An ecclesiastical judge or official having ordinary jurisdiction in a given area.
      • Any of several simple and basic geometrical figures.
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    • perspective

      US /pɚˈspɛktɪv/

      UK /pə'spektɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
      • Ability to understand what is important in life
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    • portrait

      US /ˈpɔrtrɪt,-ˌtret,ˈpor-/

      UK /ˈpɔ:trit/

      • Noun
      • Picture of a person's head and shoulders
      • Detailed representation of someone in film, etc.
      • Adjective
      • A format in which the height is greater than the width.
      • Relating to a photograph, painting, drawing, or engraving of a person.
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    • scene

      US /sin/

      UK /si:n/

      • Noun
      • Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
      • View that looks like a picture
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    • silhouette

      US /ˌsɪluˈɛt/

      UK /ˌsɪlʊ'et/

      • Noun
      • Image/drawing showing only the outline, as of head
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    • specifically

      US /spəˈsɪfɪkli/

      UK /spəˈsɪfɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • As regards a particular thing; closely related to
      • In a definite and clear manner.
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    • step aside

      US /stɛp əˈsaɪd/

      UK /step əˈsaid/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To move to the side to allow someone to pass.
      • To give up a job or position, often to allow someone else to take it.
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    • step into

      US /stɛp ˈɪntu/

      UK /step ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To enter a place or situation.
      • To become involved in something, especially a job or role.
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    • tip

      US /tɪp/

      UK /tɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To pour or move something from a place, container
      • To give extra money for good service
      • Noun
      • End point of e.g. a pencil or finger
      • Extra money given for good service
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    • unique

      US /juˈnik/

      UK /jʊ'ni:k/

      • Adjective
      • Unlike other things; being the only one like it
      • Remarkably special or unusual.
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    • vast

      US /væst/

      UK /vɑ:st/

      • Adjective
      • Being very large in size or amount
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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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