Vocabulary

  • to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
  • in aggregate: Considering everything together as a total amount.
  • start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
  • on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
  • get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
  • behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
  • per year: For each year; annually.
  • golden ticket: A ticket that grants the holder special access or privileges.
  • have to: Must do
  • entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
  • awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
  • access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
  • entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
  • revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
  • passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
  • adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • grand: A counter for 1000 of something
  • vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
  • wild: In a manner which lacks control
  • verdict: Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
  • spend: To use money to pay for something
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
  • fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
  • guidance: Advice on what to do in school, job, future
  • portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • aggregate: A sum total amount of something
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • found: To become aware of something that is happening
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
  • boulder: Big rock, usually round in shape
  • prize: Something won in a contest or given as an award
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
  • lonely: Sad because apart from other people
  • investor: Person who spends money to help businesses grow
  • lever: A handle that one pulls to operate a machine
  • golden: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
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    • access

      US /ˈæksɛs/

      UK /'ækses/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
      • The opportunity or right to use something or to see someone.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to use or have permission to use
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    • acquisition

      US /ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən/

      UK /ˌækwɪˈzɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
      • A company or asset bought by another company.
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    • aggregate

      US /ˈæɡrɪɡɪt/

      UK /'æɡrɪɡət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A sum total amount of something
      • A whole formed by combining several separate elements.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To gather, involve or combine into a single group
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    • awesome

      US /ˈɔsəm/

      UK /'ɔ:səm/

      • Adjective
      • Great; wonderful; stupendous
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    • behind the scenes

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Secretly or without being known to the public.
      • In a position to influence events without any public knowledge.
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    • boulder

      US /ˈboʊldə(r)/

      UK /ˈbəʊldə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Big rock, usually round in shape
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    • compete

      US /kəmˈpit/

      UK /kəmˈpi:t/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
      • To try to gain something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
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    • entire

      US /ɛnˈtaɪr/

      UK /ɪn'taɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
      • Undivided; not shared or distributed.
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    • entrepreneur

      US /ˌɑntrəprəˈnɚ, -ˈnʊr/

      UK /ˌɒntrəprə'nɜ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Businessperson who develops new businesses
      • A person who identifies a need and starts a business to fill it.
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    • founder

      US /ˈfaʊndɚ/

      UK /ˈfaʊndə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person establishing an organization, school etc.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of business, idea, etc.) to fail
      • (Of a ship) To be sinking after hitting rocks
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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    • get through

      US /ɡɛt θru/

      UK /ɡet θru:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrive at the end of or finish something
      • To succeed in contacting someone by phone
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    • golden

      US /ˈgoʊldən/

      UK /ˈgəʊldən/

      • Adjective
      • Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
      • Made of gold
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    • golden ticket

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A ticket that grants the holder special access or privileges.
      • Something that provides a unique opportunity or advantage.
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    • grand

      US /ɡrænd/

      UK /ɡrænd/

      • Adjective
      • A counter for 1000 of something
      • Great in amount, number or size
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    • guidance

      US /ˈɡaɪdns/

      UK /ˈgaɪdns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Advice on what to do in school, job, future
      • Process of controlling weapons to hit a target
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    • gym

      US /dʒɪm/

      UK /dʒɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical education taught as a class in school
      • Building used for physical activities or sports
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in aggregate

      US /ɪn ˈægrəgət/

      UK /ɪn ˈægrɪgət/

      • other
      • Considering everything together as a total amount.
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    • investor

      US /ɪnˈvɛstɚ/

      UK /ɪnˈvestə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person who spends money to help businesses grow
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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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    • lever

      US /ˈlɛvɚ, ˈlivɚ/

      UK /'li:və(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • A handle that one pulls to operate a machine
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move something with a strong bar made of metal
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    • lonely

      US /ˈloʊnli/

      UK /ˈləʊnli/

      • Adjective
      • Sad because apart from other people
      • Being far away and rarely visited by people
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    • on the floor

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
      • Actively participating in dancing or other floor-based activities.
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    • passion

      US /ˈpæʃən/

      UK /'pæʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Powerful, positive excitement and interest
      • Something for which one has a great love
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    • per year

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • For each year; annually.
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    • portfolio

      US /pɔrtˈfoliˌo, port-/

      UK /pɔ:t'fəʊlɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A list of the financial assets held by someone
      • List of work submitted to a teacher/for approval
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    • prize

      US /praɪz/

      UK /praɪz/

      • Countable Noun
      • Something won in a contest or given as an award
      • Something valuable that many people would like
      • Adjective
      • Being an excellent or valuable example of a thing
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    • revenue

      US /ˈrevənju/

      UK /'revənju:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money that is made by or paid to a business
      • Money a government collects from its people
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    • scale

      US /skel/

      UK /skeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Size, level, or amount when compared
      • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the size of but keep the proportions
      • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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    • spend

      US /spɛnd/

      UK /spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use money to pay for something
      • To use time in order to do something
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    • start out

      US /stɑrt aʊt/

      UK /stɑ:t aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To begin your life or career in a particular way.
      • To begin a journey.
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    • to scale

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To increase or expand proportionally.
      • To climb or ascend.
      B2
      More
    • verdict

      US /ˈvɚdɪkt/

      UK /ˈvɜ:dɪkt/

      • Noun
      • Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
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    • vicious

      US /ˈvɪʃəs/

      UK /'vɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
      • Being very mean or violent
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    • wild

      US /waɪld/

      UK /waɪld/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner which lacks control
      • Adjective
      • Living in nature; not tame
      • (Of land) not developed by people
      A2
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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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