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Vocabulary

  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • move into: To start living in a new house or building
  • into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
  • thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
  • back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • prior to: Before a particular time or event.
  • city center: The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
  • close down: To shut an operation, company, shop
  • the following: Next in order or sequence.
  • over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
  • left open: Not closed, ajar.
  • pitch on: To choose somebody/something
  • step out: To go outside for a short time
  • work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
  • check out
  • set up
  • run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
  • moving parts: Components of a machine or device that move to perform a function.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • on the ball: Alert, quick to understand and respond to things.
  • turn on
  • in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
  • against the grain: Contrary to someone's natural inclinations or feelings; in opposition to what is normal or expected.
  • look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
  • under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • at once: Immediately; without delay
  • at speed: Moving quickly.
  • in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
  • incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
  • extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
  • multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
  • presence: The same place or area that a person is
  • completely: In every way or as much as possible
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • split: No longer married or in a relationship
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
  • mean: Average of a set of numbers
  • maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • technically: In an exact and particular manner
  • possession: State of being under the control of evil spirits
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • previously: At an earlier time
  • goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
  • genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
  • movement: Part of a piece of classical music
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
  • defense: Argument in support of something
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • premier: Being the most influential, important, or best
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • defend: To protect and explain your position in court
  • score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
  • repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
  • defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
  • tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
  • overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
  • stoke: To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
  • setup: Way something is organized or arranged
  • sterling: Of very strong, true character; very reliable
  • midfielder: Soccer player who plays in the center of the field
  • midfield: Middle part of a playing field, e.g. in football
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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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    • against the grain

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Contrary to someone's natural inclinations or feelings; in opposition to what is normal or expected.
      • In a direction that is perpendicular to the fibers of wood, making it difficult to work with.
      A2
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    • at once

      US /æt wʌns/

      UK /æt wʌns/

      • Adverb
      • Immediately; without delay
      • At the same time; simultaneously
      A2
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    • at speed

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Moving quickly.
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    • back into

      US /bæk ˈɪntu/

      UK /bæk ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
      • To accidentally collide with something while moving backwards.
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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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    • city center

      US /ˈsɪti ˈsɛntɚ/

      UK /ˈsiti ˈsentə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
      • Phrase
      • The main part of a city where the main commercial and administrative activities take place.
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    • close down

      US /kloz daʊn/

      UK /kləuz daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To shut an operation, company, shop
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    • defend

      US /dɪˈfɛnd/

      UK /dɪ'fend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To protect and explain your position in court
      • To protect against an attack
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    • defense

      US /dɪˈfɛns/

      UK /dɪ'fens/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Argument in support of something
      • The process of protecting something from attack
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    • defensive

      US /dɪˈfɛnsɪv/

      UK /dɪˈfensɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Protecting something, yourself from attack
      B1
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    • direct

      US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
      • To show the way by conducting or leading
      • Adverb
      • Coming straight from something
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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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    • extremely

      US /ɪk'strimlɪ/

      UK /ɪkˈstri:mli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is much more than usual or expected
      • Remarkably; unusually.
      B1
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    • genius

      US /ˈdʒinjəs/

      UK /'dʒi:nɪəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person displaying a high level of intelligence
      • The characteristic spirit of a nation, people, or place.
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    • go back to

      US /ɡo bæk tu/

      UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return to a starting point
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    • goal

      US /ɡol/

      UK /ɡəʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
      • (Sports) net into which you put a ball to score
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    • in the way

      US /ɪn ði we/

      UK /in ðə wei/

      • Phrase
      • Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
      • Stored or placed so as to be available or ready when needed.
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    • in time

      US /ɪn taɪm/

      UK /in taim/

      • Adverb
      • Eventually; after a period of time.
      • Not late; with enough time to spare.
      • Phrase
      • Eventually; before it is too late.
      • According to the scheduled time; punctual.
      A1
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    • incredibly

      US /ɪnˈkrɛdəblɪ/

      UK /ɪnˈkredəbli/

      • Adverb
      • To a great degree; very; amazingly
      • Extremely; so much so it is hard to believe
      A2
      More
    • into space

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
      • Figuratively, entering a realm of imagination or abstraction.
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    • league

      US /liɡ/

      UK /li:ɡ/

      • Noun
      • Group of people, countries with a common goal
      • Association of sports teams that organizes matches
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To form a league; to unite for a common purpose.
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    • left open

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Not closed, ajar.
      • Available; not yet filled or decided.
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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
      A1
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    • look to

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
      • To expect someone to do something for you; rely on
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    • maintain

      US /menˈten/

      UK /meɪn'teɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To keep saying something a certain way
      • To keep (machine) working by checking, repairing
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    • midfield

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Middle part of a playing field, e.g. in football
      B2
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    • midfielder

      US /ˌmɪd'fi:ldə(r)/

      UK /ˌmɪd'fi:ldə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Soccer player who plays in the center of the field
      B1
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    • move into

      US /muv ˈɪntu/

      UK /mu:v ˈɪntuː/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start living in a new house or building
      • To start being involved in a new area of business or activity.
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    • movement

      US /ˈmuvmənt/

      UK /ˈmu:vmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of a piece of classical music
      • Group with a shared interest or goal
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    • moving parts

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Components of a machine or device that move to perform a function.
      • The various elements or factors that contribute to a complex process or system.
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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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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
      A2
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    • on the ball

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • Alert, quick to understand and respond to things.
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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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    • opposition

      US /ˌɑ:pəˈzɪʃn/

      UK /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
      • Group that you are fighting or competing against
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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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    • over to

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Used to hand over to someone else to speak
      • The responsibility is now yours
      More
    • overload

      US /ˌovɚˈlod/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'ləʊd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a machine work too hard so it might break
      • To cause someone or something to work too hard
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Too much of something
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    • patient

      US /ˈpeʃənt/

      UK /'peɪʃnt/

      • Adjective
      • Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
      • Bearing or enduring pain or trials without complaint; exhibiting forbearance.
      • Countable Noun
      • Person who receives medical treatment or care
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    • pitch

      US /pɪtʃ/

      UK /pɪtʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
      • To throw a baseball to a batter
      • Noun
      • Act of throwing a baseball for someone to hit
      • Playing fields in sports, e.g. for soccer
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    • pitch on

      US /pɪtʃ ɑn/

      UK /pitʃ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To choose somebody/something
      • To suddenly decide to do or start something.
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    • possession

      US /pəˈzɛʃən/

      UK /pə'zeʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being under the control of evil spirits
      • Crime of having or owning illegal drugs or weapons
      • Countable Noun
      • Something that is owned by a person
      • A territory controlled by a country.
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    • premier

      US /prɪˈmɪr,-ˈmjɪr,ˈprimɪr/

      UK /'premɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Being the most influential, important, or best
      • Noun
      • Prime minister of a country
      • The chief administrative official in some governments.
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    • presence

      US /ˈprɛzəns/

      UK /ˈprezns/

      • Noun
      • The same place or area that a person is
      • Ability to reach a market, group of people etc.
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    • press

      US /prɛs/

      UK /pres/

      • Noun
      • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
      • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
      • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
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    • previously

      US /ˈprivɪəslɪ/

      UK /'pri:vɪəslɪ/

      • Adverb
      • At an earlier time
      • In the past; formerly.
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    • prior to

      US /ˈpraɪɚ tu/

      UK /ˈpraiə tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Before a particular time or event.
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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    • repeatedly

      US /rɪ'pi:tɪdlɪ/

      UK /rɪ'pi:tɪdlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • (Said, done) many times; over and over
      B2
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    • run in

      US /rʌn ɪn/

      UK /rʌn in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To arrest person and take them to police station
      • To drive engine slowly until ready for normal use
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    • score

      US /skɔr, skor/

      UK /skɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
      • Current number of points given in a game, contest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mark or cut something with a sharp object
      • To get or give points in a game, contest, or test
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    • set up

      US /sɛt ʌp/

      UK /set ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make arrangements for something; establish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange or prepare something for use.
      • To start a business, organization, etc.
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    • setup

      US /ˈsɛtˌʌp/

      UK /'setʌp/

      • Noun
      • Way something is organized or arranged
      B2TOEIC
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    • split

      US /splɪt/

      UK /splɪt/

      • Adjective
      • No longer married or in a relationship
      • (Injured) by cutting it open, as in someone's lip
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To become divided or broken along a straight line
      • To cause a cut in (lip, etc.)
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    • step out

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go outside for a short time
      • To begin a romantic relationship with someone.
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    • sterling

      US /ˈstɚlɪŋ/

      UK /'stɜ:lɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Of very strong, true character; very reliable
      C2
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    • stoke

      US /stok/

      UK /stəʊk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
      C1
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    • tactic

      US /ˈtæktɪk/

      UK /'tæktɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
      B2
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    • tactical

      US /ˈtæktɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtæktɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Doing things to get the result you want; planned
      • Relating to or constituting actions carefully planned to gain a specific military or political end.
      B2
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    • technically

      US /ˈtɛknɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /ˈteknɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • In an exact and particular manner
      • With technical skill or expertise.
      A2
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    • thanks to

      US /θæŋks tu/

      UK /θæŋks tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; as a result of.
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    • the following

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Next in order or sequence.
      • Uncountable Noun
      • What is about to be said or written.
      B1
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    • turn on

      US /tɚn ɑn/

      UK /tə:n ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to be interested or excited
      • Transitive Verb
      • To activate or switch on a device or appliance.
      • To suddenly attack or criticize someone.
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    • under control

      US /ˈʌndɚ kənˈtrol/

      UK /ˈʌndə kənˈtrəul/

      • Adjective
      • Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
      • Having one's emotions or impulses restrained.
      • Phrase
      • A situation that is being managed effectively.
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    • work in

      US /wɚk ɪn/

      UK /wə:k in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make an opening for something in your schedule
      • To fit person/thing into a schedule or sequence
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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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