Vocabulary

  • allow for: To take into consideration
  • for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
  • in particular: Specifically; especially.
  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
  • with time: As time passes; eventually.
  • in truth: In fact; actually; really
  • on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
  • get stuck in: To become enthusiastically involved in something.
  • have to: Must do
  • in and of themselves: By their own nature; independently considered.
  • in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • quite simply: In a clear and straightforward manner; without complication.
  • intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
  • perceive: To notice or become aware of something
  • inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
  • genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
  • term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
  • utterly: Completely
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
  • melancholy: Having a sad mood or feeling
  • reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
  • gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
  • complicated: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
  • frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
  • evolve: To develop certain features
  • candidate: Politician who is running for public office
  • keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
  • blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
  • tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
  • intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
  • generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
  • grasp: Person's control over something
  • primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
  • setback: Unfortunate happening that hinders or frustrates
  • seek: To ask someone for help
  • adopt: To legally take a child into your family
  • unconsciously: Without thinking; not deliberately
  • pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
  • breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
  • distinction: Special quality that makes something different
  • observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
  • mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
  • ambiguity: State of being confusing, uncertain or unclear
  • achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
  • literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
  • heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
  • moment: Very short or brief period of time
  • paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
  • tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
  • benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
  • provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
  • argue: To fight or disagree over something
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
  • innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
  • neurotic: Worrying in an unhealthy, unreasonable way
  • want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
  • repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
  • ambivalent: Not sure what you feel about something
  • healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
  • revere: To give someone great respect and loyalty
  • view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
  • coarse: Feeling rough and not smooth
  • depressive: Suffering a psychological lack of happiness
  • intolerable: Unbearable; so that you cannot suffer any more
  • psychoanalysis: Analysis of the mind or mental state
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    • achievement

      US /əˈtʃivmənt/

      UK /əˈtʃi:vmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something good that you have successfully done
      • Success in school or studies.
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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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    • allow for

      US

      UK

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To take into consideration
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    • ambiguity

      US /ˌæmbɪˈɡjuɪti/

      UK /ˌæmbɪ'ɡju:ətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being confusing, uncertain or unclear
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    • ambivalent

      US /æmˈbɪvələnt/

      UK /æmˈbɪvələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Not sure what you feel about something
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    • benign

      US /bɪˈnaɪn/

      UK /bɪˈnaɪn/

      • Adjective
      • (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
      • Kind and gentle
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    • blame

      US /blem/

      UK /bleɪm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To say someone is responsible for something bad
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saying someone did something bad
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    • breast

      US /brɛst/

      UK /brest/

      • Countable Noun
      • Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
      • (Poetic) upper front part of the body; the heart
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    • candidate

      US /ˈkændɪˌdet, -dɪt/

      UK /ˈkændɪdət/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Politician who is running for public office
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    • coarse

      US /kɔrs,kors/

      UK /kɔ:s/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling rough and not smooth
      • Being rude and impolite
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    • complicated

      US /ˈkɑmplɪˌketɪd/

      UK /'kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make more difficult to do, understand or use
      • Adjective
      • Difficult to do, understand or use
      • Involving many different and confusing aspects.
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    • depressive

      US /dɪˈprɛsɪv/

      UK /dɪˈpresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Suffering a psychological lack of happiness
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    • distinction

      US /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/

      UK /dɪˈstɪŋkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Special quality that makes something different
      • A prize of award for a high level of achievement
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    • evolve

      US /ɪˈvɑlv/

      UK /ɪ'vɒlv/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To develop certain features
      • To develop or change slowly over time
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    • for the rest

      US /fɔr ði rɛst/

      UK /fɔ: ðə rest/

      • Phrase
      • Concerning the remaining people or things.
      • During the remaining part of a period of time.
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    • frustration

      US /frʌˈstreʃən/

      UK /frʌ'streɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
      • The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something.
      B1
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    • generally

      US /ˈdʒɛnərəli/

      UK /ˈdʒenrəli/

      • Adverb
      • Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
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    • genuine

      US /ˈdʒɛnjuɪn/

      UK /ˈdʒenjuɪn/

      • Adjective
      • Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
      • Being sincere in your actions or character
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    • get stuck in

      US /ɡɛt stʌk ɪn/

      UK /ɡet stʌk in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become enthusiastically involved in something.
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    • grasp

      US /ɡræsp/

      UK /ɡrɑ:sp/

      • Noun
      • Person's control over something
      • Act of holding something strongly in your hands
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hold something in your hand very tightly
      • To understand or make sense of a complex idea
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    • gratitude

      US /ˈɡrætɪˌtud, -ˌtjud/

      UK /ˈgrætɪtju:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Warm friendly feelings of thanks
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
      A1
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    • heal

      US /hi:l/

      UK /hi:l/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To recover from or forget a bad experience
      • To make or become healthy or well again
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    • impulse

      US /ˈɪmˌpʌls/

      UK /'ɪmpʌls/

      • Noun
      • Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
      • A brief electrical signal transmitted along a nerve fiber or muscle fiber
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    • in and of themselves

      US /ɪn ənd əv ðəmˈselvz/

      UK /ɪn ənd əv ðəmˈselvz/

      • other
      • By their own nature; independently considered.
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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 other words

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      UK

      • Phrase
      • Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
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    • in particular

      US /ɪn pɚˈtɪkjəlɚ/

      UK /in pəˈtikjulə/

      • Phrase
      • Specifically; especially.
      • Detailed or precise.
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    • in relation to

      US /ɪn rɪˈleʃən tu/

      UK /in riˈleiʃən tu:/

      • Phrase
      • Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
      • Compared with.
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    • in truth

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In fact; actually; really
      A1
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    • inevitable

      US /ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈevɪtəbl/

      • Adjective
      • That must happen; certain to happen
      • Sure to occur or happen
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A situation that is unavoidable
      • Things that cannot be avoided
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    • innocence

      US /ˈɪnəsəns/

      UK /ˈɪnəsns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
      • Lack of worldly experience; naivety.
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    • intense

      US /ɪnˈtɛns/

      UK /ɪn'tens/

      • Adjective
      • Very strong, great or extreme in degree
      • Experiencing or showing great force or strength; extreme.
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    • intensity

      US /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/

      UK /ɪn'tensətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Great energy, strength, or concentration
      • The quality of being intense; the degree or amount of strength, force, etc.
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    • intolerable

      US /ɪnˈtɑlərəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈtɒlərəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Unbearable; so that you cannot suffer any more
      B2
      More
    • intriguing

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone interested or curious
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    • keen

      US /kin/

      UK /ki:n/

      • Adjective
      • Being eager or excited for something to happen
      • Liking something; wanting to do or have; desiring
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a loud sad cry, as because someone died
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    • literal

      US /ˈlɪtərəl/

      UK /ˈlɪtərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
      • Being real and true and without exaggerating
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    • melancholy

      US /ˈmɛlənˌkɑli/

      UK /ˈmelənkəli/

      • Adjective
      • Having a sad mood or feeling
      • Uncountable Noun
      • sadness that lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason
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    • mentally

      US /ˈmɛntl:ɪ/

      UK /ˈmentəli/

      • Adverb
      • With or in the mind and thoughts
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    • neurotic

      US /nʊˈrɑ:tɪk/

      UK /njʊəˈrɒtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Worrying in an unhealthy, unreasonable way
      • Noun
      • Someone who worries in an unhealthy way
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    • observe

      US /əbˈzɜ:rv/

      UK /əbˈzɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
      • To obey or follow laws, rules, or customs
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    • on board

      US /ɑn bɔrd/

      UK /ɔn bɔ:d/

      • Phrase
      • Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
      • Adverb
      • On or in a ship, aircraft, train, or other vehicle
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    • paranoid

      US /ˈpærəˌnɔɪd/

      UK /ˈpærənɔɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Believing others are trying to harm you
      • Believing others are trying to harm you
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    • perceive

      US /pɚˈsiv/

      UK /pə'si:v/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To notice or become aware of something
      • To think of someone or something in a certain way
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    • pleasure

      US /ˈplɛʒɚ/

      UK /'pleʒə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
      • A thing that causes enjoyment or delight.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone pleasure or satisfaction.
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    • primitive

      US /ˈprɪmɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈprɪmətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Lacking a written language and advanced technology
      • Being rough and underdeveloped
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Self-taught artist; the art done in this style
      • Offensive people considered lacking a culture
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    • provoke

      US /prəˈvoʊk/

      UK /prəˈvəʊk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
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    • psychoanalysis

      US /ˌsaɪkoʊəˈnæləsɪs/

      UK /ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnæləsɪs/

      • Noun (plural)
      • Analysis of the mind or mental state
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Method for helping mental problems; therapy
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    • psychological

      US /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/

      UK /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the study of the mind
      • Relating to or involving the use of propaganda, threats, or other psychological techniques to subdue an opponent.
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    • quite simply

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a clear and straightforward manner; without complication.
      • Used to emphasize the truth or importance of a statement.
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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    • reality

      US /riˈælɪti/

      UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
      • The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
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    • repeatedly

      US /rɪ'pi:tɪdlɪ/

      UK /rɪ'pi:tɪdlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • (Said, done) many times; over and over
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    • revere

      US /rɪˈvɪr/

      UK /riˈviə/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone great respect and loyalty
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    • seek

      US /sik/

      UK /si:k/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask someone for help
      • To search for; try to find or do; look for
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    • setback

      US /ˈsɛtˌbæk/

      UK /'setbæk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unfortunate happening that hinders or frustrates
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    • tenderness

      US /ˈtɛndɚnɪs/

      UK /'tendənɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
      B2
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    • tolerate

      US /ˈtɑ:ləreɪt/

      UK /ˈtɒləreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
      • To be able to survive under specific conditions
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    • unconsciously

      US /ʌnˈkɑnʃəslɪ/

      UK /ʌnˈkɒnʃəsli/

      • Adverb
      • Without thinking; not deliberately
      • Without intending to; involuntarily.
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    • utterly

      US /ˈʌtəli/

      UK /'ʌtəli:/

      • Adverb
      • Completely
      B2
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    • with time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As time passes; eventually.
      • Given enough time; in the course of time.
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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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