Vocabulary

  • fluent speaker: A person who speaks a language easily and well.
  • in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
  • in a row: One after another without a break.
  • too much work: An excessive amount of tasks or responsibilities.
  • pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
  • struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
  • negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
  • tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
  • fluent: Doing something well and with ease
  • pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
  • misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
  • flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
  • row: To move a boat using oars
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • speech: A formal talk to an audience
  • consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • fluently: In an able and easy manner
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
  • disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
  • answer: To reply to a question someone asks
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • repeat: Action that is done again
  • workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
  • elision: Omission of a sound between two words
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    • consonant

      US /ˈkɑnsənənt/

      UK /ˈkɒnsənənt/

      • Adjective
      • Music (of a note) in harmony
      • Countable Noun
      • A speech sound or letter that is not a vowel
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    • elision

      US /ɪˈlɪʒən/

      UK /ɪˈlɪʒn/

      • Noun
      • Omission of a sound between two words
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    • flow

      US /flo/

      UK /fləʊ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of something that moves through an area
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    • fluent

      US /'fluːənt/

      UK /ˈflu:ənt/

      • Adjective
      • Doing something well and with ease
      • Able to speak or write a language fully and easily
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    • fluent speaker

      US

      UK

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A person who speaks a language easily and well.
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    • fluently

      US /ˈfluəntlɪ/

      UK /'flu:əntlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an able and easy manner
      • In a way that shows the ability to speak a language easily and well.
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    • in a minute

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Very soon; in a short amount of time.
      • Within the duration of one minute.
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    • in a row

      US /ɪn e ro/

      UK /in ə rəu/

      • Phrase
      • One after another without a break.
      • Arranged in a straight line.
      • Idiom
      • To have an argument.
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    • misery

      US /ˈmɪzəri/

      UK /'mɪzərɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Thing that causes unhappiness
      • Extreme suffering or unhappiness
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    • negative

      US /ˈnɛɡətɪv/

      UK /'neɡətɪv/

      • Noun
      • The opposite to a positive electrical charge
      • In grammar, containing words such as 'no' or 'not'
      • Adjective
      • Being harmful, unwanted or unhelpful
      • In mathematics, being less than zero
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    • pronounce

      US /prəˈnaʊns/

      UK /prə'naʊns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state something in a legal or official way
      • To give your opinion or decision about something
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    • pronunciation

      US /prəˌnʌnsiˈeʃən/

      UK /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • How a word is said; how a word sounds
      • The manner in which someone utters a word.
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    • repeat

      US /rɪˈpit/

      UK /rɪˈpi:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Action that is done again
      • Musical passage that is to be played again
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To do something over again
      • To say something you have learned and memorized
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    • row

      US /roʊ/

      UK /rəʊ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move a boat using oars
      • To argue or quarrel loudly about something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Loud argument or quarrel between people
      • Straight line of things, e.g. seats in classroom
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    • speech

      US /spitʃ/

      UK /spi:tʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A formal talk to an audience
      • Expression of ideas or opinions by talking
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    • struggle

      US /ˈstrʌɡəl/

      UK /'strʌɡl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try very hard to do something difficult
      • To fight or struggle violently
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong efforts made to do something difficult
      • A difficult or challenging situation or task
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    • too much work

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • An excessive amount of tasks or responsibilities.
      • A quantity of tasks that is difficult or impossible to manage effectively.
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    • topic

      US /ˈtɑpɪk/

      UK /'tɒpɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Subject or issue people talk or write about
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    • tricky

      US /ˈtrɪki/

      UK /'trɪkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
      • Likely to use tricks; dishonest or deceptive
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    • workshop

      US /ˈwɜ:rkʃɑ:p/

      UK /ˈwɜ:kʃɒp/

      • Noun
      • A brief intensive course for a small group
      B1TOEIC
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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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