Vocabulary

  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • lay out: To show or explain your plans carefully
  • around the world: In or to many countries.
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • in charge: To be responsible for
  • ride by: To pass near someone or something while riding.
  • for free: Without charge; at no cost.
  • spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • between you and me: Said to show that the information is private or confidential.
  • in power: Having control of a country or organization.
  • ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
  • shake up: To completely rethink or reorganize something
  • for instance: As an example.
  • in passing: Mentioned briefly or casually without focus.
  • at the most: No more than; maximum amount or degree.
  • bear in mind: To remember and consider something.
  • in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
  • fall apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
  • essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
  • absolutely: Completely; totally; very
  • approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
  • bunch: A group of things of the same kind
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • strike: To hit something
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
  • shift: To change in position or direction
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
  • direction: When someone tells people what to do
  • attention: Taking notice of someone or something
  • huge: Very very large
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
  • optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • sweat: To do an amount of hard work
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
  • revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • briefly: Using little time or resources
  • fundamentally: In a basic and important way
  • appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
  • stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
  • revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • century: Period of 100 years
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
  • disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
  • internally: On or from the inside
  • muscular: Having strong or developed muscles
  • economically: In an efficient manner
  • calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
  • militarily: As regards the military
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    • absolutely

      US /ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli/

      UK /ˈæbsəlu:tli/

      • Adverb
      • Completely; totally; very
      • Considered independently and without relation to other things; viewed abstractly; as, quantity absolutely considered.
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    • agenda

      US /əˈdʒɛndə/

      UK /ə'dʒendə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
      • Outcome you want to happen but do not reveal
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    • ambitious

      US /æmˈbɪʃəs/

      UK /æmˈbɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Having the desire to be successful in life, work
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    • approach

      US /əˈprəʊtʃ/

      UK /ə'prəʊtʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
      • To request someone to do something specific
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
      • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
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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.
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    • at the most

      US /ət ðə ˈmoʊst/

      UK /ət ðə ˈməust/

      • other
      • No more than; maximum amount or degree.
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    • attention

      US /əˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /əˈtenʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Taking notice of someone or something
      • Noun
      • (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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    • bear in mind

      US /bɛr ɪn maɪnd/

      UK /bɛə in maind/

      • Phrase
      • To remember and consider something.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remember or consider something
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    • benefit

      US /ˈbɛnəfɪt/

      UK /'benɪfɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Good result or effect, something advantageous
      • A payment made by the state or an insurance policy to someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have a good effect or be helpful
      • To receive an advantage; to be helped
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    • between you and me

      US /bɪˈtwin ju ənd mi/

      UK /bɪˈtwi:n ju: ənd mi:/

      • other
      • Said to show that the information is private or confidential.
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    • briefly

      US /ˈbriːfli/

      UK /ˈbri:fli/

      • Adverb
      • Using little time or resources
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    • bunch

      US /bʌntʃ/

      UK /bʌntʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A group of things of the same kind
      • A group of people.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To group people or things closely together
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    • calculation

      US /ˌkælkjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Process or result of using mathematics
      • An educated guess about something
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    • charge

      US /tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
      • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An attack by running quickly toward someone
      • A price for a service or goods
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    • diagnosis

      US /ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsɪs/

      UK /ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsɪs/

      • Noun (plural)
      • Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
      • Noun
      • The identification of a disease or condition.
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    • direction

      US /dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When someone tells people what to do
      • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
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    • disagree

      US /ˌdɪsəˈɡri/

      UK /ˌdɪsə'ɡri:/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
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    • domestic

      US /dəˈmɛstɪk/

      UK /dəˈmestɪk/

      • Noun
      • Someone paid to help with housework in your house
      • Adjective
      • British informal fight between husband and wife
      • Concerning your own home or house
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    • echo

      US /'ekoʊ/

      UK /'ekəʊ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
      • (Of a sound) to be repeated
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Repetition of sounds after bouncing off something
      • A repetition of events or circumstances
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    • economically

      US /ˌikəˈnɑmɪklɪ/

      UK /ˌi:kəˈnɒmɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • In an efficient manner
      • In an efficient manner; without using much effort
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    • essentially

      US /ɪˈsenʃəli/

      UK /ɪˈsenʃəli/

      • Adverb
      • Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
      • Used to emphasize the basic truth or fact of a situation.
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    • fall apart

      US /fɔl əˈpɑrt/

      UK /fɔ:l əˈpɑ:t/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To suffer a nervous breakdown
      • To break into pieces; stop functioning
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    • for free

      US /fɔr fri/

      UK /fɔ: fri:/

      • Phrase
      • Without charge; at no cost.
      • Adjective
      • Available without payment.
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    • for instance

      US /fɔr ˈɪnstəns/

      UK /fɔ: ˈinstəns/

      • Adverb
      • As an example.
      • Phrase
      • As an example.
      • As an illustration or case in point
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    • fundamentally

      US /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌfʌndəˈmentəli/

      • Adverb
      • In a basic and important way
      • In a complete and thorough way
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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
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    • in charge

      US /ɪn tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /in tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Adverb
      • To be responsible for
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    • in mind

      US /ɪn maɪnd/

      UK /in maind/

      • Phrase
      • Being aware of or considering something.
      • To remember or consider something.
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    • in passing

      US /ɪn ˈpæsɪŋ/

      UK /ɪn ˈpɑ:sɪŋ/

      • other
      • Mentioned briefly or casually without focus.
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    • in power

      US /ɪn ˈpaʊɚ/

      UK /in ˈpauə/

      • Adjective
      • Having control of a country or organization.
      • Phrase
      • During a period of holding authority or control.
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
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    • internally

      US /ɪnˈtə:nəlɪ/

      UK /ɪn'tɜ:nəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • On or from the inside
      • With regard to its inner aspects; within a structure or system.
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    • lay out

      US /le aʊt/

      UK /lei aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To show or explain your plans carefully
      • To spread something out; arrange something in a particular way.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange according to a plan or design.
      • To spread out for viewing; display.
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    • militarily

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      UK

      • Adverb
      • As regards the military
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    • muscular

      US /ˈmʌskjəlɚ/

      UK /ˈmʌskjələ(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Having strong or developed muscles
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    • observation

      US /ˌɑbzɚˈveʃən/

      UK /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Remark or comment on something you noticed
      • Practice of performing actions required by rules
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    • optimistic

      US /ˌɑːptɪˈmɪstɪk/

      UK /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Tending to believe the future will be good
      • Confident and hopeful about future outcomes.
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    • result

      US /rɪˈzʌlt/

      UK /rɪ'zʌlt/

      • Noun
      • Something produced through tests or experiments
      • Final score of a competition, election or game
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the outcome of other causes and effects
      • To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
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    • revolution

      US /ˌrɛvəˈluʃən/

      UK /ˌrevə'lu:ʃn/

      • Noun
      • When a group overthrows an existing government
      • Sudden or significant change in something
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    • revolutionary

      US /ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri/

      UK /ˌrevə'lu:ʃənərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Marking a significant change in something
      • Relating to a violent replacement of a government
      • Countable Noun
      • Person fighting to replace a government
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    • ride by

      US /raɪd baɪ/

      UK /raɪd baɪ/

      • other
      • To pass near someone or something while riding.
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    • ride on

      US /raɪd ɑn/

      UK /raid ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
      • To depend on something for success.
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    • scenario

      US /səˈner.i.oʊ/

      UK /sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/

      • Noun
      • An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
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    • shake up

      US /ʃek ʌp/

      UK /ʃeik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To completely rethink or reorganize something
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    • shift

      US /ʃɪft/

      UK /ʃɪft/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change in position or direction
      • To move something from one place to another
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A change in a persons plans, opinions or beliefs
      • Period of work starting at a certain time
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    • spot on

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
      • Adverb
      • Exactly at the expected or scheduled time.
      • Perfect; excellent.
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    • spread

      US /sprɛd/

      UK /spred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
      • The distance between two things
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To place over a large area; to cover a large area
      • (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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    • strike

      US /straɪk/

      UK /straɪk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit something
      • To remove or erase.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A punch or hit
      • Fact of not hitting the ball when playing baseball
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • sweat

      US /swɛt/

      UK /swet/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do an amount of hard work
      • To be worried or anxious about something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of hard work
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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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    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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