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Vocabulary

  • lay in: To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
  • on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
  • stay in: To remain inside one's home.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • in bed with: Closely associated with someone, often secretly or unethically.
  • have to: Must do
  • also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
  • for too long: For an excessively extended period.
  • to the bone: Thoroughly; completely; to the innermost part.
  • in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
  • once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
  • thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
  • check out
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
  • back then: At that time in the past.
  • anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
  • chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
  • depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
  • constant: Happening frequently or without pause
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • extreme: Very great in degree
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
  • respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
  • pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
  • cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
  • shift: To change in position or direction
  • conduct: Your behavior
  • affect: To cause a change in something else
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
  • journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
  • apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
  • tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
  • spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
  • tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
  • minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
  • deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
  • react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
  • trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
  • science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
  • physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
  • harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
  • pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
  • tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
  • extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
  • allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
  • joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
  • monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
  • audio: Concerning sound
  • damage: Physical harm that is done to something
  • impairment: Damage leading to lower strength or quality
  • rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
  • prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
  • deep: Complex and important
  • nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
  • minimize: To make something seem small or less important
  • guy: Man; boy; any person
  • train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • elevate: To make something higher
  • physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
  • twitch: To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk
  • sloth: Someone not wanting to work because they are lazy
  • bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
  • puffy: (Of hair/skin) seeming to be inflated/puffed up
  • abbreviate: To shorten a word or phrase by leaving out letters
  • famously: In a manner or to an extent that is well known
  • bc: Before Christ; used after dates/years
  • spacey: (Of rooms) wide and roomy
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    • abbreviate

      US /əˈbriviˌet/

      UK /ə'bri:vɪeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To shorten a word or phrase by leaving out letters
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    • affect

      US /əˈfɛkt/

      UK /ə'fekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a change in something else
      • To pretend to have or feel (something).
      • Noun
      • (Psychology) Emotion or feeling.
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    • also known as

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Also called; alternatively named.
      • Identified by another term; synonymous with.
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    • anxiety

      US /æŋˈzaɪɪti/

      UK /æŋ'zaɪətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
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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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    • back then

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • At that time in the past.
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    • bc

      US

      UK

      • Abbreviation
      • Before Christ; used after dates/years
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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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    • chronic

      US /ˈkrɑnɪk/

      UK /'krɒnɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
      • (Of disease) over a long time; serious
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    • conduct

      US / kənˈdʌkt/

      UK /kənˈdʌkt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Your behavior
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To behave in a certain way; e.g. at a party
      • To let electricity or heat travel through
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    • confusion

      US /kənˈfjuʒən/

      UK /kən'fju:ʒən/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
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    • constant

      US /ˈkɑnstənt/

      UK /'kɒnstənt/

      • Adjective
      • Happening frequently or without pause
      • Remaining the same over time or not changing.
      • Noun
      • Thing that happens always or at a regular rate
      • A physical quantity that is believed to have a fixed value and is used in calculations.
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    • damage

      US /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical harm that is done to something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To harm physically; to hurt or break something
      • To harm the reputation of someone.
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    • depression

      US /dɪˈprɛʃən/

      UK /dɪ'preʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Medical condition of a lack of vitality
      • Period of unemployment and low economic activity
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    • deprive

      US /dɪˈpraɪv/

      UK /dɪˈpraɪv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To deny someone access to or take away something
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    • dive

      US /daɪv/

      UK /daɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
      • Rapid fall through air
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To swim deep under water with an air supply
      • To rapid fall through air
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    • elevate

      US /ˈɛləˌvet/

      UK /ˈelɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something higher
      • To raise something in status, importance, feeling
      B2
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    • experience in

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
      • Exposure to or involvement in a particular activity or situation.
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    • extend

      US /ɪkˈstɛnd/

      UK /ɪkˈstend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
      • To reach from one point to another
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    • extreme

      US /ɪkˈstrim/

      UK /ɪk'stri:m/

      • Adjective
      • Very great in degree
      • Farthest from a center
      • Noun
      • Effort that is thought more than is necessary
      • The furthest point or limit of something.
      B1
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    • famously

      US /ˈfeməsli/

      UK /ˈfeɪməsli/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner or to an extent that is well known
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    • for too long

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • For an excessively extended period.
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    • harmful

      US /ˈhɑ:rmfl/

      UK /ˈhɑ:mfl/

      • Adjective
      • Likely to cause damage or injury
      A2TOEIC
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • ignore

      US /ɪɡˈnɔr, -ˈnor/

      UK /ɪɡ'nɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
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    • impairment

      US /ɪmˈpermənt/

      UK /ɪmˈpeəmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Damage leading to lower strength or quality
      • A loss of function or ability.
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    • in a while

      US /ɪn e hwaɪl/

      UK /in ə hwail/

      • Phrase
      • In a short period of time; soon.
      • For a short period of time; soon.
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    • in bed with

      US /ɪn bɛd wɪð/

      UK /ɪn bed wɪð/

      • other
      • Closely associated with someone, often secretly or unethically.
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    • joint

      US /dʒɔɪnt/

      UK /dʒɔɪnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Body parts where bones meet and can move together
      • Point at which two things meet (e.g. a road)
      • Adjective
      • Shared; involving working together; in common
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    • journal

      US /ˈdʒɚnəl/

      UK /ˈdʒə:nl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A diary; record of what you do every day
      • Magazine of academic papers
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    • lay in

      US /le ɪn/

      UK /lei in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
      • Stayed in bed later than usual in the morning.
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    • minimize

      US /ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz/

      UK /'mɪnɪmaɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something seem small or less important
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    • minor

      US /ˈmaɪnɚ/

      UK /'maɪnə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Not so large in size; not important or valuable
      • An interval a half tone smaller than its major
      • Noun
      • Subject studied in college, but not the main one
      • Someone too young to be legally responsible
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    • monitor

      US /ˈmɑ:nɪtə(r)/

      UK /ˈmɒnɪtə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To observe and keep a record of something
      • To observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review.
      • Noun
      • A senior student at school
      • Electronic screen on which you can see images
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    • nap

      US /næp/

      UK /næp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Brief period of sleep or rest during the day
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    • on sunday

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Every Sunday; each Sunday.
      • Referring to a particular Sunday.
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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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    • once in a while

      US //wʌns ɪn ə waɪl//

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Occasionally; not very often.
      • Occasionally; not very often.
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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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    • physiological

      US /ˌfɪziəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/

      UK /ˌfɪzɪə'lɒdʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to functions of the body
      • Consistent with the normal functioning of an organism.
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    • physiology

      US /ˌfɪziˈɑ:lədʒi/

      UK /ˌfɪziˈɒlədʒi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
      B2
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    • prescribe

      US /prɪˈskraɪb/

      UK /prɪ'skraɪb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
      • To set down rules or guidelines
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    • pressure

      US /ˈprɛʃɚ/

      UK /'preʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Anxiety caused by difficult problems
      • Force, weight when pressing against a thing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply force to something
      • To persuade or force someone to do something
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    • psychological

      US /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/

      UK /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the study of the mind
      • Relating to or involving the use of propaganda, threats, or other psychological techniques to subdue an opponent.
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    • puffy

      US /ˈpʌfi/

      UK /ˈpʌfi/

      • Adjective
      • (Of hair/skin) seeming to be inflated/puffed up
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    • react

      US /riˈækt/

      UK /rɪ'ækt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To change when mixing with other chemicals
      • To behave or make a change in a particular way
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    • respiratory

      US /ˈrɛspərəˌtɔri, -ˌtori, rɪˈspaɪrə-/

      UK /ˈrespərəˌtɔ:ri:, -ˌtəʊri:, rɪˈspaɪərə-/

      • Adjective
      • (Medical) concerning breathing
      • Having the function of respiration.
      • Noun
      • The branch of medicine concerned with the organs of respiration.
      • The system of organs involved in breathing.
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    • science

      US /ˈsaɪəns/

      UK /'saɪəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Study of the physical world, based on facts
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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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    • simulate

      US /ˈsɪmjəˌlet/

      UK /'sɪmjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To copy something or look or behave like it
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    • sloth

      US /slɔθ, sloθ, slɑθ/

      UK /sləʊθ/

      • Noun
      • Someone not wanting to work because they are lazy
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    • spacey

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • (Of rooms) wide and roomy
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    • spine

      US /spaɪn/

      UK /spaɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Line of bones that runs down your back
      • The place the pages of a book are attached
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    • stay in

      US /ste ɪn/

      UK /stei in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To remain inside one's home.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To remain as an inpatient in a hospital.
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    • thanks to

      US /θæŋks tu/

      UK /θæŋks tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Because of; as a result of.
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    • tilt

      US /tɪlt/

      UK /tɪlt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
      • To move something away from the upright
      • Noun
      • Position in which one side is above the other
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    • tissue

      US /ˈtɪʃu/

      UK /ˈtɪʃu:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
      • Kind of thin, light paper used to pack objects
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    • to the bone

      US /tu ði bon/

      UK /tu: ðə bəun/

      • Phrase
      • Thoroughly; completely; to the innermost part.
      • Extremely; utterly; to a great degree.
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    • trace

      US /tres/

      UK /treɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make an outline to determine a shape
      • To find someone or something that has disappeared
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very small quantity of something
      • A mark or other sign of the former presence or passage of something.
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    • tune

      US /tun, tjun/

      UK /tju:n/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
      • To adjust to be at the right musical pitch
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of musical notes that make a pleasant sound
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    • twitch

      US /twɪtʃ/

      UK /twɪtʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk
      • Noun (plural)
      • A sudden and sharp movement often involuntary
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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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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