Vocabulary

  • break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
  • give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • break me down: To cause someone to lose emotional strength; to make someone feel overwhelmed or defeated.
  • lock horns: To engage in an argument or conflict with someone.
  • absolutely: Completely; totally; very
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
  • complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
  • moment: Very short or brief period of time
  • separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
  • divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
  • mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
  • today: This day; day that is happening now
  • verb: Word that expresses an action or state
  • depth: Distance below a surface
  • bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
  • lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
  • meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
  • promise: To say you will certainly do something
  • quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
  • solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
  • fix: Answer to a problem
  • service: Work that a person does to assist others
  • destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
  • temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
  • dispute: To argue with someone about something
  • damage: Physical harm that is done to something
  • compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
  • analysis: Careful study to better understand something
  • terrorist: Radical who employs terror as a political weapon
  • algebra: Math using letters or symbols in place of numbers
  • resolve: To make a decision to do something
  • phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
  • gloomy: (E.g. of a room) dark; dim; poorly lit
  • unable: Not being able to do something
  • linear: Made of lines
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    • absolutely

      US /ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli/

      UK /ˈæbsəlu:tli/

      • Adverb
      • Completely; totally; very
      • Considered independently and without relation to other things; viewed abstractly; as, quantity absolutely considered.
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    • algebra

      US /ˈældʒəbrə/

      UK /ˈældʒɪbrə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Math using letters or symbols in place of numbers
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    • analysis

      US /əˈnælɪsɪs/

      UK /əˈnæləsɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Careful study to better understand something
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    • bother

      US /ˈbɑðɚ/

      UK /'bɒðə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
      • To take the trouble to do something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Problems, concern or worry for someone
      • A disturbance; trouble
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    • break down

      US /brek daʊn/

      UK /breik daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
      • (Machine) to stop working or become weaker
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    • break me down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to lose emotional strength; to make someone feel overwhelmed or defeated.
      • To cause physical exhaustion or weakness.
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    • compensate

      US /ˈkɑ:mpenseɪt/

      UK /ˈkɒmpenseɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
      • To reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant); offset.
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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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    • 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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    • depth

      US /dɛpθ/

      UK /depθ/

      • Noun
      • Distance below a surface
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    • destroy

      US /dɪˈstrɔɪ/

      UK /dɪ'strɔɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage so badly that something no longer exists
      • To defeat someone or something easily
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    • dispute

      US /dɪˈspjut/

      UK /dɪ'spju:t/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To argue with someone about something
      • To disagree about who owns or controls something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Argument with someone about something
      • A question or doubt about something
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    • divide

      US /dɪˈvaɪd/

      UK /dɪ'vaɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
      • To separate something into equal pieces
      • Noun
      • A separation or distinction.
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    • fix

      US /fɪks/

      UK /fɪks/

      • Noun
      • Answer to a problem
      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange or prepare something
      • To attach something so it will not move or change
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • give up

      US /ɡɪv ʌp/

      UK /ɡiv ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To lose hope or admit defeat
      • To decide to not start to try solving a problem
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    • gloomy

      US /ˈɡlumi/

      UK /'ɡlu:mɪ/

      • Adjective
      • (E.g. of a room) dark; dim; poorly lit
      • Feeling distressed or pessimistic.
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    • in depth

      US /ɪn dɛpθ/

      UK /in depθ/

      • Adverb
      • Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
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    • linear

      US /ˈlɪniər/

      UK /ˈlɪniə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Made of lines
      • Series of progressing from one stage to another
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    • lock horns

      US /lɑk hɔrnz/

      UK /lɒk hɔ:nz/

      • other
      • To engage in an argument or conflict with someone.
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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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    • mention

      US /ˈmɛnʃən/

      UK /'menʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refer to or talk or write about something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of referring to or talking about something
      • A formal acknowledgement of something
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    • phrasal

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or consisting of a phrase
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    • resolve

      US /rɪˈzɑlv/

      UK /rɪ'zɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a decision to do something
      • To find an answer, solution to a problem/ question
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Firm determination to do something.
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    • ruin

      US /ˈruɪn/

      UK /'ru:ɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage or completely destroy something
      • To cause someone to lose their money or status
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Remains of a building that has been destroyed
      • The state of being destroyed or severely damaged.
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    • separate

      US /'sepəreɪt/

      UK /'sepəreɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Being different from or unrelated to another
      • Not connected; different.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To move things away from each other
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    • solve

      US /sɑ:lv/

      UK /sɒlv/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
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    • task

      US /tæsk/

      UK /tɑ:sk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Big or small piece of work someone has to do
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
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    • temporary

      US /'tempəreri/

      UK /ˈtemprəri/

      • Adjective
      • Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
      • Noun
      • A temporary worker.
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    • terrorist

      US /ˈtɛrərɪst/

      UK /ˈterərɪst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Radical who employs terror as a political weapon
      • Adjective
      • Relating to or characteristic of terrorism or terrorists.
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    • unable

      US /ʌnˈebəl/

      UK /ʌnˈeɪbl/

      • Adjective
      • Not being able to do something
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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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