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Vocabulary

  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • around the world: In or to many countries.
  • go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
  • laughing stock: Someone or something that is considered ridiculous and is ridiculed by many people.
  • come from: To have as your native country or city
  • full scholarship: An award that covers all expenses, including tuition, fees, and living costs.
  • in school: Attending an educational institution.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • at its peak: At the highest point of achievement, intensity, or development.
  • wake up: To stop sleeping
  • go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
  • back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
  • set up
  • be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
  • look back: To think about past events
  • girl: A female child; a young woman
  • young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
  • village: Small town in the country
  • school: Large group of fish that swim together
  • mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
  • woman: Adult female human being
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • child: A very young person, between about 2 and 15
  • ask: To say to someone that you want something
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • today: This day; day that is happening now
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
  • dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
  • fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • wish: To want something to happen or to become true
  • dirt: Loose earth or soil
  • college: School or educational institution for adults
  • hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • call: A order or request for action
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
  • office: Room or building used for business
  • happen: To take place or occur
  • piece: A counter in a board game
  • ninth: 9th
  • teen: Teenager
  • hopeful: Having or showing hope
  • pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
  • peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
  • vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
  • birth: Time when a baby or young animal is born
  • peace: Calm and quiet state
  • generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
  • support: To give assistance or advice to someone
  • tiny: Very, very small
  • law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • voter: Person who can vote in an election
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • registration: An official record or proof of registering
  • unlock: To use a key or code to open something
  • educated: To teach someone in a school or college
  • community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
  • globally: Throughout the world
  • rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
  • rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
  • intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
  • passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
  • chief: Leader of a race or group of people
  • movement: Part of a piece of classical music
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
  • exploitation: Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
  • protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
  • commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
  • fulfill: To finish or provide something successfully
  • scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
  • prostitution: Practice of offering sex for money
  • recharge: To refill a battery, etc. with electricity
  • fulfil: To finish or provide something successfully
  • seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
  • predominantly: Mainly; in a way that indicates a greater degree
  • barbaric: Uncivilized; cruel and wild
  • doughnut: Piece of sweet, fried bread shaped like a ring
  • knelt: To move your body so your knees are on the floor
  • activism: Engaged in political activity to achieve a goal
  • enrol: To put someone into a group; to register
  • disconnect: To separate something from something else
  • overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory
  • bloated: To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
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    • activism

      US /ˈæktəˌvɪzəm/

      UK /'æktɪvɪzəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Engaged in political activity to achieve a goal
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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 its peak

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • At the highest point of achievement, intensity, or development.
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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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    • barbaric

      US /bɑrˈbærɪk/

      UK /bɑ:'bærɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Uncivilized; cruel and wild
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    • be with

      US /bi wɪð/

      UK /bi: wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
      • To support someone's opinion or cause.
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    • birth

      US /bɜ:rθ/

      UK /bɜ:θ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Time when a baby or young animal is born
      • Beginning of something
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    • bloated

      US /ˈbloʊtɪd/

      UK /ˈbləʊtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
      • Adjective
      • Swelled up or inflated with gas or liquid
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    • chief

      US /tʃif/

      UK /tʃi:f/

      • Noun
      • Leader of a race or group of people
      • The one highest in authority or importance
      • Adjective
      • The one highest in authority or importance
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    • college

      US /'kɑːlɪdʒ/

      UK /'kɒlɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • School or educational institution for adults
      • A constituent body of a university.
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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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    • commitment

      US /kəˈmɪtmənt/

      UK /kə'mɪtmənt/

      • Noun
      • Permanent love or concern for person, thing
      • Promise or decision to do something for a purpose
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    • community

      US /kəˈmjunɪti/

      UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people who share a common idea or area
      • A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or shared by the people in a particular area.
      • Shared or participated in by all members of a group
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    • dirt

      US /dɚt/

      UK /dɜ:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Loose earth or soil
      • A substance, such as mud or dust, that makes something dirty.
      • Countable Noun
      • A track made of compacted earth or soil.
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    • disconnect

      US /ˌdɪskəˈnɛkt/

      UK /ˌdɪskəˈnekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To separate something from something else
      • Noun
      • State of being separated from something else
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    • doughnut

      US /ˈdoˌnʌt,-nət/

      UK /'dəʊnʌt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Piece of sweet, fried bread shaped like a ring
      • Something shaped like a doughnut, i.e., a ring shape.
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    • educated

      US /ˈɛdʒəˌketɪd/

      UK /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To teach someone in a school or college
      • Adjective
      • Having a good education
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    • enrol

      US /ɪnˈroʊl/

      UK /ɪnˈrəʊl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To put someone into a group; to register
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    • exploitation

      US /ˌɛksplɔɪˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
      • Making full use of the qualities of something
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • fulfil

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To finish or provide something successfully
      • To make real, to bring into effect
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    • fulfill

      US /fʊlˈfɪl/

      UK /fʊl'fɪl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To finish or provide something successfully
      • To make real, to bring into effect
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    • full scholarship

      US /fʊl ˈskɑlɚˌʃɪp/

      UK /ful ˈskɔləʃip/

      • Noun
      • An award that covers all expenses, including tuition, fees, and living costs.
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    • generation

      US /ˌdʒɛnəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act or process of producing or causing something
      • People born and living at about the same time
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    • globally

      US /'ɡloʊbəlɪ/

      UK /'ɡləʊbəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Throughout the world
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    • go around

      US /ɡo əˈraʊnd/

      UK /ɡəu əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
      • To go here and there, from place to place; wander
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    • go out

      US /ɡo aʊt/

      UK /ɡəu aut/

      • Phrase
      • To leave a building (e.g. a house)
      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
      • Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
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    • hopeful

      US /'hoʊpfl/

      UK /'həʊpfl/

      • Adjective
      • Having or showing hope
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    • in school

      US /ɪn skul/

      UK /ɪn sku:l/

      • other
      • Attending an educational institution.
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    • intelligence

      US /ɪnˈtɛlədʒəns/

      UK /ɪn'telɪdʒəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Collection of secret information about something
      • Ability to learn things or to consider situations
      • Adjective
      • Of the spying services; acting in secrecy
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    • journey

      US /ˈdʒɚni/

      UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

      • Noun
      • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel through a place
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    • knelt

      US /nɛlt/

      UK /nelt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move your body so your knees are on the floor
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    • laughing stock

      US /ˈlæfɪŋ stɑk/

      UK /ˈlæfɪŋ stɔk/

      • Noun
      • Someone or something that is considered ridiculous and is ridiculed by many people.
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    • lie

      US /lai/

      UK /laɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be in a horizontal or flat position
      • To say something that you know is not true
      • Countable Noun
      • An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
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    • look back

      US /lʊk bæk/

      UK /luk bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To think about past events
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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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    • 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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    • overturn

      US /ˌovɚˈtɚn/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'tɜ:n/

      • Noun
      • Improbable and unexpected victory
      • Transitive Verb
      • To reverse a decision
      • To cause an object to turn over
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    • passion

      US /ˈpæʃən/

      UK /'pæʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Powerful, positive excitement and interest
      • Something for which one has a great love
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    • peace

      US /pis/

      UK /pi:s/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Calm and quiet state
      • Time when there is no war or fighting
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    • peak

      US /pik/

      UK /pi:k/

      • Noun
      • Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
      • The very top of a mountain
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To reach the highest or best point
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    • pessimistic

      US /ˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk/

      UK /ˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Having negative feelings about the future
      • Characterized by a lack of hope or confidence in the future.
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    • predominantly

      US /prɪˈdɑ:mɪnəntli/

      UK /prɪˈdɒmɪnəntli/

      • Adverb
      • Mainly; in a way that indicates a greater degree
      • In a way that is most noticeable or has the most influence.
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    • pregnancy

      US /ˈprɛɡnənsi/

      UK /ˈpregnənsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
      • A specific instance or period of being pregnant.
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    • prostitution

      US /ˌprɑstɪˈtuʃən,-ˈt:ʃənju-/

      UK /ˌprɔstɪˈtu:ʃən, -ˈtju:-/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Practice of offering sex for money
      • The use of something in a way that degrades or corrupts it, especially for personal gain.
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    • protest

      US /ˈproʊtɛst/

      UK /'prəʊtest/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To argue against something in a forceful way
      • To express a strong objection or dislike
      • Noun
      • Forceful argument against something
      • Objection to something
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    • rape

      US /rep/

      UK /reɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To force someone to have sex against their will
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of forcing someone to have sex
      • Plant used as a source of an edible oil
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    • recharge

      US /riˈtʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /ˌri:'tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refill a battery, etc. with electricity
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To re-energize yourself through rest or eating
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    • registration

      US /ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreʃən/

      UK /ˌredʒɪˈstreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An official record or proof of registering
      • Total number, e.g. of students in a school
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    • rural

      US /ˈrʊrəl/

      UK /ˈruərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the country as opposed to the city
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    • scholarship

      US /ˈskɑlɚˌʃɪp/

      UK /'skɒləʃɪp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
      • Countable Noun
      • Money given to a student to pay for education
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    • seemingly

      US /ˈsiːmɪŋli/

      UK /ˈsi:mɪŋli/

      • Adverb
      • Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
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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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    • teen

      US /tin/

      UK /ti:n/

      • Noun
      • Teenager
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    • tiny

      US /ˈtaɪni/

      UK /'taɪnɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very, very small
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    • unlock

      US /ʌnˈlɑk/

      UK /ˌʌn'lɒk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a key or code to open something
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    • village

      US /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/

      UK /'vɪlɪdʒ/

      • Noun
      • Small town in the country
      • A close-knit community or group of people.
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    • vote

      US /vot/

      UK /vəʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a choice for or against, as in an election
      • Noun
      • Act of deciding who to choose in an election
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    • voter

      US /ˈvotɚ/

      UK /ˈvəʊtə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who can vote in an election
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    • wake up

      US /wek ʌp/

      UK /weik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To stop sleeping
      • To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

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    • 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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