Vocabulary

  • break apart: To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
  • off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
  • together with: In addition to; along with.
  • chain up: To fasten or secure something with a chain.
  • to date: Up to the present time; until now.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • working: To bring into a specific state of success
  • bag: Soft container to put things in and carry with you
  • need: To be unable to manage without something; require
  • want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
  • small: Little in size; not big
  • cheap: Not costing a lot of money
  • desk: Piece of furniture like a table often with drawers
  • cup: Small round container used for drinking
  • pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
  • coffee: A brown drink made from roasted beans and water
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
  • end: The point where a process or activity stops
  • date: To have become old-fashioned
  • chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
  • engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • biology: The study of living things
  • lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • centimeter: One hundredth of a meter
  • neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
  • left: To go away from; depart
  • colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
  • power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • fold: To bend one part of something against another
  • grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
  • object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
  • lighter: Device used to light a cigarette
  • maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
  • remove: To get rid of something completely
  • permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
  • wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
  • performance: Act of doing something
  • discover: To find something new that was not known before
  • motor: Concerning cars and vehicles
  • joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
  • flexible: Bending easily
  • mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
  • gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
  • cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
  • portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
  • input: Advice or ideas that someone provides
  • requirement: A demand that someone does something
  • inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
  • continuous: Happening, existing, or performed without stops
  • industrial: Concerning making things in factories
  • structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
  • medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
  • code: To express information in a series of numbers
  • protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
  • simulation: A copying method to study the real world
  • angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
  • circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
  • representation: Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
  • resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
  • module: Part or unit with a specific job or function
  • programmable: Able to be written in computer code
  • exert: To make something have an effect on something else
  • helix: Three-dimensional shape of a cone-like object
  • handed: To give something to someone personally
  • periscope: Optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field
  • wrench: Tool for holding/turning objects of varying sizes
  • segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
  • stationary: Being still or unmoving
  • par: Set number of hits to complete a hole in golf
  • cubic: Measurement of the length, width, and height
  • aerospace: Industry of air and space travel
  • prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
  • scissor: To cut with or as if with scissors
  • rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
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    • aerospace

      US /ˈɛroˌspes/

      UK /'eərəʊspeɪs/

      • Noun
      • Industry of air and space travel
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    • angle

      US /ˈæŋɡəl/

      UK /ˈæŋgl/

      • Noun
      • Place where two lines or surfaces meet
      B1TOEIC
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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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    • biology

      US /baɪˈɑlədʒi/

      UK /baɪˈɒlədʒi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The study of living things
      A2
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    • break apart

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
      • To end a relationship or association.
      A2
      More
    • chain

      US /tʃen/

      UK /tʃeɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To feel to be bound or tied to
      • To connect or tie with a rope made of metal links
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Series of events or things that are connected
      • Series of (metal) connected links or rings
      A2
      More
    • chain up

      US /tʃeɪn ʌp/

      UK /tʃeɪn ʌp/

      • other
      • To fasten or secure something with a chain.
      B2
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    • circuit

      US /ˈsɜ:rkɪt/

      UK /ˈsɜ:kɪt/

      • Noun
      • An area where cars race in a circle
      • Route for journey all the way around a place
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To complete a journey all the way round an area
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    • code

      US /kod/

      UK /kəʊd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To express information in a series of numbers
      • To write a secret message using secret symbols
      • Noun
      • A password made of a set of letters or numbers
      • Set of rules for behavior
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    • colleague

      US /ˈkɑlˌiɡ/

      UK /'kɒli:ɡ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person you work or cooperate with
      • A fellow member of a profession
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    • continuous

      US /kənˈtɪnjuəs/

      UK /kənˈtɪnjuəs/

      • Adjective
      • Happening, existing, or performed without stops
      • Extending or prolonged without interruption or cessation.
      A2
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    • cooperate

      US /koˈɑpəˌret/

      UK /kəʊ'ɒpəreɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work together with, to assist someone
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    • cubic

      US /ˈkjubɪk/

      UK /ˈkju:bɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Measurement of the length, width, and height
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    • discover

      US /dɪˈskʌvɚ/

      UK /dɪˈskʌvə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To find something new that was not known before
      • To learn or find out (something previously unknown or secret).
      A2TOEIC
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    • engineer

      US /ˌɛndʒəˈnɪr/

      UK /ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
      • Someone whose job is to repair or maintain engines
      A2TOEIC
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    • exert

      US /ɪgˈzɜ:rt/

      UK /ɪgˈzɜ:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something have an effect on something else
      B2TOEIC
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    • flexible

      US /ˈflɛksəbəl/

      UK /ˈfleksəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Bending easily
      • Able to adjust to new events, requirements easily
      B1TOEIC
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    • fold

      US /fold/

      UK /fəʊld/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To bend one part of something against another
      • (Of business) to fail or close down
      • Countable Noun
      • Pen where sheep are kept
      • Group of people who have a common belief
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    • gear

      US /ɡɪr/

      UK /ɡɪə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To aim at or prepare yourself for something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A speed selector connected to an engine
      • Special clothes you use for a purpose
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    • grant

      US /ɡrænt/

      UK /ɡrɑ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
      • To give or let someone do what they want
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Money given for education or research
      A2TOEIC
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    • handed

      US /'hændɪd/

      UK /'hændɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give something to someone personally
      • Past tense of to offer assistance or help.
      • Adjective
      • Ability to do something with your hand
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    • helix

      US /ˈhilɪks/

      UK /'hi:lɪks/

      • Noun
      • Three-dimensional shape of a cone-like object
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • in practice

      US /ɪn ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /in ˈpræktis/

      • Phrase
      • In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
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    • industrial

      US /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/

      UK /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning making things in factories
      • Noun
      • A worker in industry.
      • A company involved in industrial production.
      A2
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    • input

      US /ˈɪnˌpʊt/

      UK /ˈɪnpʊt/

      • Noun
      • Advice or ideas that someone provides
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put in information, advice or opinions
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    • inspiration

      US /ˌɪnspəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnspə'reɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
      • The power or urge that makes you want to do something, especially something creative
      B1TOEIC
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    • invent

      US /ɪnˈvɛnt/

      UK /ɪnˈvent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create something such as a story or excuse
      • To create something useful for the first time
      A2TOEIC
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    • joint

      US /dʒɔɪnt/

      UK /dʒɔɪnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Body parts where bones meet and can move together
      • Point at which two things meet (e.g. a road)
      • Adjective
      • Shared; involving working together; in common
      A2
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    • lift

      US /lɪft/

      UK /lɪft/

      • Noun
      • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
      • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
      • To move something to higher position
      A2
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    • lighter

      US /ˈlaɪtɚ/

      UK /ˈlaɪtə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Device used to light a cigarette
      • Large low boat used for moving goods between ships
      • Adjective
      • Less dark in color or illumination
      • Less heavy; weighing less
      A2
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    • maximum

      US /ˈmæksəməm/

      UK /ˈmæksɪməm/

      • Noun
      • Largest or highest number or amount of something
      A2TOEIC
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    • mechanical

      US /mɪˈkænɪkəl/

      UK /məˈkænɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Done without thought or feeling; automatic
      • Using or concerning machines
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    • medical

      US /ˈmɛdɪkəl/

      UK /ˈmedɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to physical health or medicine
      • Noun
      • A health check or test
      A2
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    • module

      US /ˈmɑ:dʒul/

      UK /ˈmɒdju:l/

      • Countable Noun
      • Part or unit with a specific job or function
      • A self-contained component of a system, often with a standardized interface.
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    • motor

      US /ˈmotɚ/

      UK /ˈməʊtə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning cars and vehicles
      • Concerned with or involving movement of muscles
      • Noun
      • An engine that drives a car, train etc.
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    • neighbor

      US /ˈnebɚ/

      UK /'neɪbə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Person who lives, or is near, you
      • A country or area next to another.
      • Adjective
      • Situated near or next to something.
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    • object

      US /ˈɑbdʒɪkt/

      UK /'ɒbdʒɪkt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
      • Goal or purpose of a particular plan or activity
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To disagree; to protest against an idea or plan
      • To state one's reason for disagreement
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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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    • off the shelf

      US /ɔf ði ʃɛlf/

      UK /ɔf ðə ʃelf/

      • Adjective
      • Readily available; not custom-made.
      • Adverb
      • Selling very quickly and in large quantities.
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    • pair

      US /per/

      UK /peə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
      • Two people viewed together for some reason; couple
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put two things or people together
      A2TOEIC
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    • par

      US /pɑr/

      UK /pɑ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • Set number of hits to complete a hole in golf
      • Usual or typical in terms of performance
      B1
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    • performance

      US / pɚˈfɔrməns/

      UK /pə'fɔ:məns/

      • Noun
      • Act of doing something
      • Activity done to entertain an audience
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    • permanent

      US /ˈpɚmənənt/

      UK /'pɜ:mənənt/

      • Adjective
      • Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
      • Intended to last or remain for an unlimited period
      • Noun
      • A person who is a permanent employee.
      • A chemical treatment to create lasting curls or waves in the hair.
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    • portion

      US /ˈpɔrʃən, ˈpor-/

      UK /'pɔ:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Serving of food that is intended for one person
      • Part of something shared that belongs to a whole
      • Transitive Verb
      • To separate something to divide among people
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    • programmable

      US /ˈproʊɡræməbl/

      UK /ˈprəʊgræməbl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be written in computer code
      B1
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    • protein

      US /ˈprəʊˌtiːn/

      UK /ˈprəʊti:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of molecules made from amino acids
      B1
      More
    • prototype

      US /ˈproʊ.t̬ə.taɪp/

      UK /ˈprəʊ.tə.taɪp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
      B2
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    • representation

      US /ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌreprɪzenˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
      • Picture showing something in a particular way
      A2
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    • requirement

      US /rɪˈkwaɪrmənt/

      UK /rɪ'kwaɪəmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A demand that someone does something
      • Something that is a necessity
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    • resolution

      US /ˌrɛzəˈluʃən/

      UK /ˌrezə'lu:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • End part of a story resolving the conflict
      • Ability of a screen or camera to display pixels
      C2
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    • rotate

      US /ˈroʊteɪt/

      UK /rəʊˈteɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly change people who perform a role
      • To regularly change the crops that grow in a field
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    • scissor

      US /ˈsɪzɚ/

      UK /'sɪzə/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut with or as if with scissors
      B1
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    • segment

      US /ˈsɛɡmənt/

      UK /ˈsegmənt/

      • Noun
      • Part divided from the other parts of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To separate something into different parts
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    • simulation

      US /ˌsɪmjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌsɪmjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • A copying method to study the real world
      B1TOEIC
      More
    • stationary

      US /ˈsteʃəˌnɛri/

      UK /'steɪʃənrɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being still or unmoving
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    • structure

      US /ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/

      UK /ˈstrʌk.tʃə/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
      • A building or other man-made object.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something
      A2TOEIC
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    • to date

      US /tu det/

      UK /tu: deit/

      • Phrase
      • Up to the present time; until now.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To go out on romantic dates with someone.
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    • together with

      US /təˈɡɛðɚ wɪð/

      UK /təˈɡeðə wið/

      • Preposition
      • In addition to; along with.
      • Including; as well as.
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
      A1
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    • wrap

      US /ræp/

      UK /ræp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
      • Thin bread filled with food and rolled
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be or move around something
      • To cover something with paper or a cloth e.g. gift
      B1
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    • wrench

      US /rɛntʃ/

      UK /rentʃ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Tool for holding/turning objects of varying sizes
      • Transitive Verb
      • To twist, turn, or pull suddenly and forcibly
      B2TOEIC
      More
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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

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    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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