Vocabulary

  • much anticipated: Eagerly awaited; greatly expected.
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • pull off: To manage to succeed
  • go back to: To return to a starting point
  • have to: Must do
  • in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
  • common humanity: The shared characteristics, feelings, and vulnerabilities that make us human.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • at a time: Separately; one by one
  • take on: To acquire a new characteristic
  • the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
  • screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
  • industry: Hard work; being busy working
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
  • live: To be alive
  • humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
  • survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
  • land: Region or country
  • adopt: To legally take a child into your family
  • flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
  • brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
  • group: Two or more musicians who play music together
  • base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
  • fraction: Small part of something
  • rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
  • dozen: 12 people or things
  • touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
  • reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
  • competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
  • transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
  • additional: Further or added
  • celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
  • miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
  • return: To hit something back to the other player or team
  • wait: To delay or not do something until later
  • float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
  • cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
  • save: To make your computer keep a file
  • wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
  • mandate: To order that something is done
  • investigation: Search for information about something
  • national: Concerning a nation as a whole
  • height: Distance of something from the bottom to the top
  • aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
  • descent: Movement downward; movement toward something bad
  • evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
  • contributor: Someone who gives money to cause, charity
  • meltdown: Very large disaster, where everything goes wrong
  • spun: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
  • regulatory: Having the ability or authority to make rules
  • sully: To make dirty; soil or tarnish
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    • additional

      US /ə'dɪʃənl/

      UK /əˈdɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Further or added
      • Extra to what already exists
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    • adopt

      US /əˈdɑ:pt/

      UK /əˈdɒpt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To legally take a child into your family
      • To take on responsibility for something
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    • at a time

      US /æt e taɪm/

      UK /æt ə taim/

      • Phrase
      • Separately; one by one
      • Simultaneously; together
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    • aviation

      US /ˌeviˈeʃən,ˌævi-/

      UK /ˌeɪviˈeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Science or practice of flying aircraft
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    • base

      US /bes/

      UK /beɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place military personnel live, train, and operate
      • Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use as the starting point or origin for
      • To have as the main location for (company, etc.)
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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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    • brace

      US /bres/

      UK /breɪs/

      • Noun
      • Structure that strengthens a joint
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To prepare yourself for a struggle/difficult time
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    • burden

      US /ˈbɚdn/

      UK /'bɜ:dn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something difficult to do, manage, or accept
      • Something that is carried with difficulty; an oppressive load.
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    • celebrate

      US /ˈsɛləˌbret/

      UK /'selɪbreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
      • To lead or participate in a religious ceremony
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    • common humanity

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • The shared characteristics, feelings, and vulnerabilities that make us human.
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    • competitive

      US /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/

      UK /kəmˈpetətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Being strongly driven to win or be better than
      • As good as or better than others.
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    • contributor

      US /kən'trɪbjʊtə/

      UK /kənˈtrɪbjətə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone who gives money to cause, charity
      • A person who writes articles or other content for a publication.
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    • descent

      US /dɪˈsɛnt/

      UK /dɪˈsent/

      • Noun
      • Movement downward; movement toward something bad
      • The origin of your family; your family before you
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    • dozen

      US /ˈdʌzən/

      UK /ˈdʌzn/

      • Countable Noun
      • 12 people or things
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    • evident

      US /ˈɛvɪdənt/

      UK /ˈevɪdənt/

      • Adjective
      • Clearly the case; plain; apparent
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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    • flight

      US /flaɪt/

      UK /flaɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
      • Trip by plane, helicopter etc.
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    • float

      US /floʊt/

      UK /fləʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To sell the shares of a company publicly
      • To move slowly and easily through air
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object designed to stay on the surface of water
      • Decorated truck used in a festival
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    • fraction

      US /ˈfrækʃən/

      UK /ˈfrækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small part of something
      • A numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g., 1/2, 0.5).
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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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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • height

      US /haɪt/

      UK /haɪt/

      • Noun
      • Distance of something from the bottom to the top
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    • humanity

      US /hjuˈmænɪti/

      UK /hju:ˈmænəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
      • Compassionate behavior, especially towards those suffering.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • All human beings collectively; the human race.
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    • in the air

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
      • Felt or sensed by many people; circulating as a rumor or feeling.
      • Adjective
      • Being broadcast on radio or television.
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
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    • investigation

      US /ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeʃən/

      UK /ɪnˌvestɪ'ɡeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Search for information about something
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    • mandate

      US /ˈmænˌdet/

      UK /'mændeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To order that something is done
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Official command or order
      • The authority to carry out a policy or course of action, regarded as given by the electorate to a candidate or party that has won an election.
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    • meltdown

      US /ˈmɛltˌdaʊn/

      UK /ˈmeltdaʊn/

      • Noun
      • Very large disaster, where everything goes wrong
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    • miracle

      US /ˈmɪrəkəl/

      UK /'mɪrəkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
      • A remarkable event or development that brings very welcome consequences.
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    • much anticipated

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Eagerly awaited; greatly expected.
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    • national

      US /ˈnæʃənəl, ˈnæʃnəl/

      UK /'næʃnəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a nation as a whole
      • Countable Noun
      • A person of a particular country
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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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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    • pull off

      US /pʊl ɔf/

      UK /pul ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To manage to succeed
      • To remove something quickly or with force.
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    • regulatory

      US /ˈreɡjələtɔːri/

      UK /ˈregjələtəri/

      • Adjective
      • Having the ability or authority to make rules
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    • reluctant

      US /rɪˈlʌktənt/

      UK /rɪˈlʌktənt/

      • Adjective
      • Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
      • Showing doubt or unwillingness.
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    • rescue

      US /ˈrɛskju/

      UK /'reskju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
      • To provide financial assistance to save a company or economy from collapse.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saving someone in danger or in trouble
      • An act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
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    • screw

      US /skru/

      UK /skru:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cheat someone, as out of money/property
      • To close something by turning it into place
      • Countable Noun
      • Long metal nail with a spiral thread
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    • spun

      US /spʌn/

      UK /spʌn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make a ball rotate when throwing it
      • To feel dizzy/confused, as in my head is spinning
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    • sully

      US /ˈsʌli/

      UK /'sʌlɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make dirty; soil or tarnish
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    • survive

      US /sɚˈvaɪv/

      UK /sə'vaɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue to live despite illness or trouble
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    • take on

      US /tek ɑn/

      UK /teik ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To acquire a new characteristic
      • To accept a new responsibility, role
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    • the bottom line

      US /ði ˈbɑtəm laɪn/

      UK /ðə ˈbɔtəm lain/

      • Noun
      • The most important thing; the essential point.
      • The net income or profit of a company.
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    • transportation

      US /ˌtrænspɔ:rˈteɪʃn/

      UK /ˌtrænspɔ:ˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of moving people or goods between places
      • A system or means of transport, especially public transport.
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    • wing

      US /wɪŋ/

      UK /wɪŋ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
      • One of the two parts on the side of a plane, bird
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To fly to a place
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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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