Vocabulary

  • fluent speaker: A person who speaks a language easily and well.
  • have to: Must do
  • check out
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • get on to: To decide to do something you have delayed doing
  • come from: To have as your native country or city
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
  • phrase: Common expression or saying
  • process: To organize and use data in a computer
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
  • fluent: Doing something well and with ease
  • stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
  • series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
  • grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
  • fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
  • extra: More than necessary; additional
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • couple: To join something to something else
  • connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • fluently: In an able and easy manner
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
  • important: Having power or authority
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • hesitation: Indecision or unwillingness to do something
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • replace: To use instead of something else
  • connect: To associate a thing with something else
  • audio: Concerning sound
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • speech: A formal talk to an audience
  • success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
  • shadow: To cover something with shade
  • flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
  • classic: Having a simple, basic design or style
  • automate: To make automatic by using machines
  • lab: Short for 'laboratory'
  • substitution: Act of replacing one person or thing to do a job
  • hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
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    • audio

      US /ˈɔ:dioʊ/

      UK /ˈɔ:diəʊ/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning sound
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Sound, especially when recorded or transmitted.
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    • automate

      US /ˈɔtəˌmet/

      UK /'ɔ:təmeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make automatic by using machines
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    • automatically

      US /ˌɔtəˈmætɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌɔ:tə'mætɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way not requiring control by a person
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    • brilliant

      US /ˈbrɪljənt/

      UK /'brɪlɪənt/

      • Adjective
      • Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
      • Being very bright, like a diamond; shining
      • Noun
      • A diamond or other gem cut in a particular form with many facets to have exceptional brilliance.
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • classic

      US / ˈklæsɪk/

      UK /'klæsɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having a simple, basic design or style
      • (Of song, etc.) popular and famous for a long time
      • Noun
      • Something popular or famous for a long time
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    • come from

      US /kʌm frʌm/

      UK /kʌm frɔm/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have as your native country or city
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    • connect

      US /kəˈnɛkt/

      UK /kə'nekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To associate a thing with something else
      • To join or attach things together
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    • connection

      US /kəˈnɛkʃən/

      UK /kəˈnekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that joins things together; being joined
      • Person you know who can help you in some way
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    • couple

      US /ˈkʌpəl/

      UK /'kʌpl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To join something to something else
      • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Two people in a romantic relationship
      • Two of something; two people; a pair
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    • extra

      US /'ekstrə/

      UK /'ekstrə/

      • Adjective
      • More than necessary; additional
      • Of especially good quality or grade.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items more than you need; additional items
      • Person who has a small part in a movie
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    • flexibility

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
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    • fluency

      US /ˈfluːənsi/

      UK /ˈflu:ənsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to do something well and with ease
      • Ability to speak or write a language easily
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    • fluent

      US /'fluːənt/

      UK /ˈflu:ənt/

      • Adjective
      • Doing something well and with ease
      • Able to speak or write a language fully and easily
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    • fluent speaker

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A person who speaks a language easily and well.
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    • fluently

      US /ˈfluəntlɪ/

      UK /'flu:əntlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an able and easy manner
      • In a way that shows the ability to speak a language easily and well.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • get on to

      US /ɡɛt ɑn tu/

      UK /ɡet ɔn tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To decide to do something you have delayed doing
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    • grammar

      US /ˈɡræmɚ/

      UK /ˈgræmə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
      • Rules explaining how words are used in a language
      B1
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hesitation

      US /ˌhɛzɪˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌhezɪ'teɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Indecision or unwillingness to do something
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    • hungry

      US /ˈhʌŋɡri/

      UK /ˈhʌŋgri/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
      • Feeling a need or want to eat food
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    • in a minute

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Very soon; in a short amount of time.
      • Within the duration of one minute.
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    • lab

      US /læb/

      UK /læb/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Short for 'laboratory'
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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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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    • phrase

      US /frez/

      UK /freɪz/

      • Noun
      • Common expression or saying
      • Section of musical notes in a piece of music
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To choose words to say what you mean clearly
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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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    • 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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    • replace

      US /rɪˈples/

      UK /rɪ'pleɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use instead of something else
      • To return an item to its original location
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    • shadow

      US /ˈʃædo/

      UK /'ʃædəʊ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover something with shade
      • To secretly follow a person
      • Noun
      • Person who follows another person to observe them
      • Area of darkness that is caused by blocked light
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    • speech

      US /spitʃ/

      UK /spi:tʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A formal talk to an audience
      • Expression of ideas or opinions by talking
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    • step to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
      • To challenge or confront someone, often aggressively.
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    • stress

      US / strɛs/

      UK /stres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
      • To put pressure on something or someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
      • Pressure on something or someone
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    • substitution

      US /ˌsʌbstɪˈtuʃən, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ˌsʌbstɪ'tju:ʃn/

      • Noun
      • Act of replacing one person or thing to do a job
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    • success

      US /səkˈsɛs/

      UK /sək'ses/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
      • A successful person; one who achieved their aims
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • tone

      US /toʊn/

      UK /təʊn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Atmosphere or feeling in a message
      • Firmness and strength of the body's muscles
      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the quality of muscles by exercise
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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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