Vocabulary

  • shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
  • seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • website: Collection of webpages in one location
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • catch: Amount of something that has been caught
  • need: To be unable to manage without something; require
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • earning: To deserve something because you worked for it
  • department: Division of a larger part or organization
  • software: Computer applications and systems
  • shut: To stop being open for business
  • immediately: Without any delay; straight away
  • online: Connected to the internet
  • building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
  • quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • ad: Public notice or advertisement
  • advertiser: Someone whose business is advertising
  • flag: To indicate something should get special attention
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
  • report: Account of the necessary facts and information
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • user: Person that uses a service/thing, e.g. a website
  • defense: Argument in support of something
  • review: To carefully look at the quality of something
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
  • decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
  • trust: To expect confidently
  • content: Being happy or satisfied
  • policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
  • ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
  • committed: To do something bad, usually a crime
  • submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
  • suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
  • monitoring: To observe and keep a record of something
  • harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
  • threat: Warning of probable trouble
  • respond: To answer something or someone
  • complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
  • detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
  • vested: Fixed and absolute and without conditions
  • scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
  • invaluable: Priceless; cannot be assessed in money
  • dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
  • malicious: Intending to harm or hurt someone
  • violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
  • engineering: The practical application of science to industry
  • intrusive: Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
  • scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
  • automate: To make automatic by using machines
  • automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
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    • ad

      US /æd/

      UK /æd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Public notice or advertisement
      C2TOEIC
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    • advertiser

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Someone whose business is advertising
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    • automate

      US /ˈɔtəˌmet/

      UK /'ɔ:təmeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make automatic by using machines
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    • automatically

      US /ˌɔtəˈmætɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌɔ:tə'mætɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way not requiring control by a person
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    • ban

      US /bæn/

      UK /bæn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something illegal or not allowed
      • To prohibit someone from participating in a particular online community or game.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Official action preventing something happening
      • A prohibition from participating in a particular online community or game.
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    • committed

      US /kəˈmɪtɪd/

      UK /kə'mɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To do something bad, usually a crime
      • To promise your permanent love or loyalty (to)
      • Adjective
      • Feeling dedication and loyalty to a cause, activity, or job; dedicated.
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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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    • content

      US /ˈkɑnˌtɛnt/

      UK /'kɒntent/

      • Adjective
      • Being happy or satisfied
      • In a state of peaceful happiness.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Information in something, e.g. book or computer
      • The subject matter of a book, speech, etc.
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    • dedicated

      US /ˈdɛdɪˌketɪd/

      UK /'dedɪkeɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
      • To give your energy, time, etc. completely
      • Adjective
      • Devoted to a task or purpose; having single-minded loyalty or integrity.
      • Designed for or devoted to a specific purpose or task.
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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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    • department

      US /dɪˈpɑ:rtmənt/

      UK /dɪˈpɑ:tmənt/

      • Noun
      • Division of a larger part or organization
      A2TOEIC
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    • detect

      US /dɪˈtɛkt/

      UK /dɪˈtekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To discover or identify the presence of something
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    • earning

      US /'ɜ:nɪŋ/

      UK /'ɜ:nɪŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To deserve something because you worked for it
      • To get money for work
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money obtained in return for labor or services.
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    • engineering

      US /ˌendʒɪˈnɪrɪŋ/

      UK /ˌendʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The practical application of science to industry
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    • flag

      US /flæɡ/

      UK /flæɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To indicate something should get special attention
      • Noun
      • Piece of cloth representing a team, country etc.
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    • harmful

      US /ˈhɑ:rmfl/

      UK /ˈhɑ:mfl/

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

      US /ɪnˈtrusɪv, -zɪv/

      UK /ɪnˈtru:sɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
      B2
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    • invaluable

      US /ɪnˈvæljuəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈvæljuəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Priceless; cannot be assessed in money
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    • malicious

      US /məˈlɪʃəs/

      UK /məˈlɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Intending to harm or hurt someone
      B2
      More
    • monitoring

      US /'mɒnɪtərɪŋ/

      UK /'mɒnɪtərɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To observe and keep a record of something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The act of observing and checking something over a period of time.
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    • online

      US /ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn/

      UK /ˌɒnˈlaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Connected to the internet
      • Adverb
      • Via the internet.
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    • personally

      US /ˈpəsənəli/

      UK /ˈpɜ:sənəli/

      • Adverb
      • By a specific person, and not by anyone else
      • Knowing someone as a friend, or closely
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    • policy

      US /ˈpɑlɪsi/

      UK /'pɒləsɪ/

      • Noun
      • Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
      • Course of action proposed by an organization, etc.
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    • remain

      US /rɪˈmen/

      UK /rɪˈmeɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be left behind; to continue to exist
      • To stay in a place when other people have gone
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    • respond

      US /rɪˈspɑnd/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To answer something or someone
      • To have a good reaction to e.g. medical treatment
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    • review

      US / rɪˈvju/

      UK /rɪˈvju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To carefully look at the quality of something
      • To formally examine something in the military
      • Noun
      • Examination of soldiers and supplies
      • Opinion, as in a paper, about movie, book, or play
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    • scam

      US /skæm/

      UK /skæm/

      • Noun
      • A trick to fool other people to get their money
      • Transitive Verb
      • To trick to fool other people to get their money
      B2
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    • scan

      US /skæn/

      UK /skæn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To look inside of the body with a special machine
      • To look at something very quickly for information
      • Noun
      • A look inside the body with a special machine
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    • seek out

      US /sik aʊt/

      UK /si:k aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
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    • shut

      US /ʃʌt/

      UK /ʃʌt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To stop being open for business
      • Transitive Verb
      • To close something, e.g. a door
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    • shut down

      US /ʃʌt daʊn/

      UK /ʃʌt daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
      • To stop a factory/machine from operating
      • Transitive Verb
      • To deactivate a nuclear reactor.
      • To turn off a computer or other electronic device.
      A2
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    • submit

      US /səbˈmɪt/

      UK /səbˈmɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To accept a superior force has power over you
      A2TOEIC
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    • suspicious

      US /səˈspɪʃəs/

      UK /səˈspɪʃəs/

      • Adjective
      • Doubtful about someone's honesty
      • Feeling that something is wrong; causing suspicion
      B1
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    • threat

      US /θrɛt/

      UK /θret/

      • Noun
      • Warning of probable trouble
      • A warning that you may be harmed
      A2TOEIC
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    • trust

      US /trʌst/

      UK /trʌst/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To expect confidently
      • To have confidence or faith
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Wealth or property held by one person for another
      • The belief that someone is honest
      A2TOEIC
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    • vested

      US /'vestɪd/

      UK /'vestɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Fixed and absolute and without conditions
      • (Of benefits) from an existing economic privilege
      • Transitive Verb
      • To place property in the control of a person
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    • violate

      US /ˈvaɪəˌlet/

      UK /ˈvaɪəleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To abuse, damage or disrespect
      • To break rules or laws; disregard important rights
      B1
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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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