Vocabulary

  • as well as: Also; in addition to
  • allow for: To take into consideration
  • for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
  • of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
  • behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
  • no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
  • on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
  • plug in
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • across the board: Broad in scope or content
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • tie into: To connect or relate something to a larger subject or system.
  • plug into: To connect an electrical device to a power source.
  • at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
  • pop up: To appear suddenly.
  • all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
  • same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
  • of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • content: Being happy or satisfied
  • technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
  • embrace: Act of holding someone closely
  • structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
  • evolve: To develop certain features
  • manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
  • consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
  • interact: To talk or do things with each other
  • complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
  • legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
  • fabric: Cloth or material
  • architecture: Design and construction of buildings
  • extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
  • board: Surface for posting or showing information
  • spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
  • performance: Act of doing something
  • capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
  • rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
  • application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
  • layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
  • mitigate: To make less severe or serious
  • object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
  • source: Piece of information; a person giving information
  • stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
  • plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
  • pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
  • combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
  • transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
  • flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
  • integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
  • complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • forefront: Part in the front or nearest; most prominent
  • modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
  • holistic: Involving all of something
  • portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • swamp: Area of land that is wet or covered with water
  • pivot: Point on which something turns or balances
  • march: To force someone to walk somewhere
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • remove: To get rid of something completely
  • glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
  • design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • cornerstone: Stone at the outer corner of two joining walls
  • meet: To provide something that is necessary
  • rag: Piece of old cloth, usually used for cleaning
  • lineage: People in someone's family who lived in the past
  • cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
  • traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
  • agnostic: Person who is undecided about the existence of God
  • snowflake: A single crystal of snow
  • governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
  • oracle: Wise person who tells the future
  • vector: Math a quantity that has both size and direction
  • analytic: Of the process of detailed reasoning
  • handcuff: Police object used to restrain hands of criminals
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    • across the board

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Broad in scope or content
      • Adverb
      • Applying to all; comprehensive; universal.
      • Involving all sectors, categories, or items.
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    • agnostic

      US /æɡˈnɑstɪk/

      UK /ægˈnɒstɪk/

      • Noun
      • Person who is undecided about the existence of God
      • Adjective
      • Being undecided about the existence of God
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    • all over the place

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
      • In many different locations; widely distributed.
      • Adjective
      • Mentally or emotionally disorganized; confused or erratic.
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    • allow for

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To take into consideration
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    • analytic

      US /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/

      UK /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of the process of detailed reasoning
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    • application

      US /ˌæplɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Software program, e.g. for smart phone
      • Process of spreading a substance over a surface
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    • architecture

      US /ˈɑrkɪˌtɛktʃɚ/

      UK /ˈɑ:kɪtektʃə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Design and construction of buildings
      • The style or design of a building or buildings.
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    • as well as

      US /æz wɛl æz/

      UK /æz wel æz/

      • Adverb
      • Also; in addition to
      • Preposition
      • In addition to; and also.
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    • at the same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
      • Nevertheless; however; used to introduce a contrasting or qualifying statement.
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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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    • 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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    • combine

      US /kəmˈbaɪn/

      UK /kəmˈbaɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To mix several things together to form one thing
      • To harvest by means of a combine.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A harvesting machine for cutting, threshing, and cleaning grain.
      • A mixture of different things.
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    • complex

      US /kəmˈplɛks, ˈkɑmˌplɛks/

      UK /'kɒmpleks/

      • Countable Noun
      • Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
      • Adjective
      • Not being simple; having many parts or aspects
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    • complexity

      US /kəmˈplɛksɪti/

      UK /kəm'pleksətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of having many parts and not being simple
      • A factor or element that makes something complicated.
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    • consume

      US /kənˈsum/

      UK /kən'sju:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To eat, drink, buy or use up something
      • To take all your energy; focus the attention
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    • content

      US /ˈkɑnˌtɛnt/

      UK /'kɒntent/

      • Adjective
      • Being happy or satisfied
      • In a state of peaceful happiness.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Information in something, e.g. book or computer
      • The subject matter of a book, speech, etc.
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    • embrace

      US /ɛmˈbres/

      UK /ɪm'breɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of holding someone closely
      • An act of accepting or supporting something willingly and enthusiastically.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold closely; cuddle, kiss or hug
      • To accept something enthusiastically.
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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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    • extract

      US /ɪkˈstrækt/

      UK /'ekstrækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Essential ingredient of a natural thing
      • Part taken from a longer written work
      • Transitive Verb
      • To get a substance out of a plant, etc.
      • To get a person to share secret information
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    • fabric

      US /ˈfæbrɪk/

      UK /ˈfæbrɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Cloth or material
      • Basic structure
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    • flow

      US /flo/

      UK /fləʊ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of something that moves through an area
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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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    • forefront

      US //ˈfɔrˌfrʌnt//

      UK

      • Noun
      • Part in the front or nearest; most prominent
      • The leading or most important position or place.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To bring to the front or into a position of prominence.
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    • glue

      US /ɡlu/

      UK /ɡlu:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sticky substance used for joining things together
      • Transitive Verb
      • To join or affix things with glue or paste
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    • governance

      US /ˈɡʌvənəns/

      UK /ˈgʌvənəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Way a government is run; function of a government
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    • handcuff

      US /ˈhændˌkʌf/

      UK /ˈhændkʌf/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Police object used to restrain hands of criminals
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    • holistic

      US /hoʊˈlɪstɪk/

      UK /həʊˈlɪstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Involving all of something
      • Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts.
      B2
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    • in the past

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
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    • integration

      US /ˌɪntɪˈɡreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪntɪ'ɡreɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of bringing things together into a whole
      • The finding of an integral.
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    • interact

      US /ˌɪntɚˈækt/

      UK /ˌɪntər'ækt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To talk or do things with each other
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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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    • legacy

      US /ˈlɛɡəsi/

      UK /'leɡəsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
      • Something left or given by a person who has died
      • Adjective
      • Relating to old or outdated computer systems or software.
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    • lineage

      US /ˈlɪniɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈlɪniɪdʒ/

      • Noun
      • People in someone's family who lived in the past
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    • manipulate

      US /məˈnɪpjəˌlet/

      UK /mə'nɪpjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to control others to gain an advantage
      • To handle or work in a skillful manner
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    • mitigate

      US /ˈmɪtˌɪɡet/

      UK /'mɪtɪɡeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make less severe or serious
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    • no matter

      US

      UK

      • Conjunction
      • Regardless of; it does not matter.
      • Adverb
      • Regardless of; it is not important
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    • object

      US /ˈɑbdʒɪkt/

      UK /'ɒbdʒɪkt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
      • Goal or purpose of a particular plan or activity
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To disagree; to protest against an idea or plan
      • To state one's reason for disagreement
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    • of choice

      US /əv tʃɔɪs/

      UK /əv tʃɔɪs/

      • other
      • Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
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    • of itself

      US /ʌv ɪtˈself/

      UK /əv ɪtˈself/

      • other
      • Happening automatically without external cause or help.
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    • on board

      US /ɑn bɔrd/

      UK /ɔn bɔ:d/

      • Phrase
      • Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
      • Adverb
      • On or in a ship, aircraft, train, or other vehicle
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    • optimal

      US /ˈɑptəməl/

      UK /ˈɒptɪməl/

      • Adjective
      • Best or most desirable; best possible
      • Most conducive to a favorable outcome.
      B2
      More
    • oracle

      US /ˈɔrəkəl, ˈɑr-/

      UK /'ɒrəkl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Wise person who tells the future
      B2
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • performance

      US / pɚˈfɔrməns/

      UK /pə'fɔ:məns/

      • Noun
      • Act of doing something
      • Activity done to entertain an audience
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    • pivot

      US /ˈpɪvət/

      UK /'pɪvət/

      • Noun
      • Point on which something turns or balances
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To turn or balance on a center point
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    • plug

      US /plʌɡ/

      UK /plʌg/

      • Noun
      • Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
      • Thing on a wire to connect to electricity supply
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use an object to block a hole
      • To promote or advertise a product
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    • plug in

      US /plʌɡ ɪn/

      UK /plʌɡ in/

      • Phrase
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    • plug into

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To connect an electrical device to a power source.
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    • pop

      US /pɑp/

      UK /pɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cause something to open or burst suddenly
      • To go to or in a place for a brief period of time
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sweet soda drink
      • A short, sharp, explosive sound.
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    • pop up

      US /pɑp ʌp/

      UK /pɔp ʌp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear suddenly.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appear suddenly and unexpectedly.
      • To appear on a computer screen.
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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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    • process

      US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/

      UK /prə'ses/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To organize and use data in a computer
      • To deal with official forms in the way required
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dealing with official forms in the way required
      • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
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    • rag

      US /ræɡ/

      UK /ræɡ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of old cloth, usually used for cleaning
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make fun of someone; joke about
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    • same time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
      • At the identical time as before; recurring at a fixed hour.
      • Noun
      • An equal duration or period.
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    • snowflake

      US /ˈsnoʊfleɪk/

      UK /ˈsnəʊfleɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • A single crystal of snow
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    • source

      US /sɔrs, sors/

      UK /sɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of information; a person giving information
      • Place from which something necessary comes
      • Adjective
      • Produces or provides what is wanted or needed
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    • spark

      US /spɑrk/

      UK /spɑ:k/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small piece of burning material produced by fire
      • Tiny, brief bit of light caused by electric energy
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make tiny, brief bits of light
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    • stream

      US /strim/

      UK /stri:m/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To send a constant flow of data over the internet
      • Noun
      • Classes split into ability levels
      • A small river
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    • structure

      US /ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/

      UK /ˈstrʌk.tʃə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
      • A building or other man-made object.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something
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    • swamp

      US /swɑmp, swɔmp/

      UK /swɒmp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area of land that is wet or covered with water
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover or fill something with water
      • To be so much or so many that people cannot cope
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    • technique

      US /tɛkˈnik/

      UK /tekˈni:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
      • The skill or ability to do something well.
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    • tie into

      US /taɪ ˈɪntu/

      UK /taɪ ˈintu/

      • other
      • To connect or relate something to a larger subject or system.
      B2
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    • traditionally

      US /trə'dɪʃənəlɪ/

      UK /trə'dɪʃənəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Something done in a customary, traditional manner
      B2
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    • transform

      US /trænsˈfɔrm/

      UK /træns'fɔ:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change the shape completely in a good way
      • To convert from one form or substance into another.
      C2
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    • vector

      US /ˈvɛktɚ/

      UK /'vektə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Math a quantity that has both size and direction
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    • warehouse

      US /ˈwerhaʊs/

      UK /ˈweəhaʊs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
      • Transitive Verb
      • To store things in a large building
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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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