Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • go away: To go on vacation
  • look on the bright side: Try to find the positive aspect in a bad situation.
  • stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
  • mind over matter: The power of the mind to control or influence physical events or conditions.
  • in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
  • rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
  • for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
  • kick ass: To decisively defeat someone
  • try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
  • for free: Without charge; at no cost.
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
  • awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
  • obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
  • mental: Concerning the mind
  • instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
  • depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
  • susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
  • physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
  • positive: Showing agreement or support for something
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • immediately: Without any delay; straight away
  • necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
  • therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
  • compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
  • general: Widespread, normal or usual
  • career: Particular occupation in professional life
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
  • separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
  • guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
  • overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
  • affect: To cause a change in something else
  • encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
  • thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • provide: To make available; to supply for use
  • clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
  • mind: To be bothered or upset by something
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • important: Having power or authority
  • depressed: To make someone feel sad or miserable
  • zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
  • audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
  • conundrum: A problem that is puzzling
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
  • supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
  • trilogy: Series of three connected works
  • healing: To recover from or forget a bad experience
  • sponsoring: To support the passage of a new law
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    • advice

      US /əd'vaɪs/

      UK /ədˈvaɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Suggestion about what would help someone
      • Professional guidance from a lawyer or legal expert.
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    • affect

      US /əˈfɛkt/

      UK /ə'fekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a change in something else
      • To pretend to have or feel (something).
      • Noun
      • (Psychology) Emotion or feeling.
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    • ass

      US /æs/

      UK /æs/

      • Noun
      • (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
      C2
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    • audible

      US /ˈɔdəbəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:dəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
      B2
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    • awesome

      US /ˈɔsəm/

      UK /'ɔ:səm/

      • Adjective
      • Great; wonderful; stupendous
      B2TOEIC
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    • career

      US /kəˈrɪr/

      UK /kə'rɪə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Particular occupation in professional life
      • The course of a person's life, especially in a particular pursuit or profession.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move forward very fast and without control
      • To advance or make progress rapidly
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    • clinical

      US /ˈklɪnɪkəl/

      UK /ˈklɪnɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the treatment or observing patients
      • Using scientific techniques and precision
      B1
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    • compassion

      US /kəmˈpæʃən/

      UK /kəmˈpæʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
      • Actions that demonstrate care and concern for others.
      B2
      More
    • conundrum

      US /kəˈnʌndrəm/

      UK /kəˈnʌndrəm/

      • Countable Noun
      • A problem that is puzzling
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    • depressed

      US /dɪˈprɛst/

      UK /dɪˈprest/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel sad or miserable
      • To push something down
      • Adjective
      • Feeling sad or miserable
      • Suffering from clinical depression.
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    • depression

      US /dɪˈprɛʃən/

      UK /dɪ'preʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Medical condition of a lack of vitality
      • Period of unemployment and low economic activity
      B2
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    • encourage

      US /ɛnˈkɚrɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr-/

      UK /ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To increase the chance of something happening
      • To make someone more determined or confident
      A2TOEIC
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    • episode

      US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/

      UK /'epɪsəʊd/

      • Noun
      • One separate event in a series of events
      • Show which is part of a larger story
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    • for free

      US /fɔr fri/

      UK /fɔ: fri:/

      • Phrase
      • Without charge; at no cost.
      • Adjective
      • Available without payment.
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    • for life

      US /fɔr laɪf/

      UK /fɔ: laif/

      • Phrase
      • For the duration of one's life; permanently.
      • To support someone for the duration of their life.
      • Adjective
      • Being a member for the entirety of one's life.
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    • go away

      US /ɡo əˈwe/

      UK /ɡəu əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go on vacation
      • To leave; depart.
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    • guilty

      US /ˈɡɪlti/

      UK /'ɡɪltɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Responsible for doing something wrong
      • Feeling or showing guilt; having a sense of remorse.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • healing

      US /'hi:lɪŋ/

      UK /ˈhi:lɪŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To recover from or forget a bad experience
      • To make or become healthy or well again
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of helping others to recover their health
      B1
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    • in general

      US /ɪn ˈdʒɛnərəl/

      UK /in ˈdʒenərəl/

      • Phrase
      • Typically; usually; on the whole.
      • Not specific or detailed; broadly.
      • Adjective
      • Not detailed or specific; overall.
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    • instinct

      US /ˈɪnˌstɪŋkt/

      UK /'ɪnstɪŋkt/

      • Noun
      • Natural way of thinking; intuition
      • Natural way (person or animal) thinks, behaves
      B1
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    • kick ass

      US /kɪk æs/

      UK /kik æs/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To decisively defeat someone
      • To perform exceptionally well
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    • look on the bright side

      US /lʊk ɑn ðə ˈbraɪt saɪd/

      UK /lʊk ɒn ðə ˈbraɪt saɪd/

      • other
      • Try to find the positive aspect in a bad situation.
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    • meditation

      US /ˌmɛdɪˈteʃən/

      UK /ˌmedɪ'teɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of deep and quiet thinking
      • The practice of focusing one's mind for a period of time.
      B2
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    • mental

      US /ˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the mind
      A2TOEIC
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    • mind over matter

      US

      UK

      • Idiom
      • The power of the mind to control or influence physical events or conditions.
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    • necessarily

      US /ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrəli, -ˈsɛr-/

      UK /ˌnesəˈserəli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
      A2TOEIC
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    • obvious

      US /ˈɑbviəs/

      UK /ˈɒbviəs/

      • Adjective
      • Easily understood and clear; plain to see
      • Easy to see or notice.
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    • overcome

      US /ˌovɚˈkʌm/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'kʌm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
      • Participle
      • Past participle of overcome; to have successfully dealt with or controlled a problem or feeling.
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    • physical

      US /ˈfɪzɪkəl/

      UK /ˈfɪzɪkl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Health check at the doctors' or hospital
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the body of a person
      • Concerning things that can be seen or touched
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    • positive

      US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Showing agreement or support for something
      • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
      • Noun
      • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark
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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
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    • rule of thumb

      US /rul ʌv θʌm/

      UK /ru:l ɔv θʌm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
      • A broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory.
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    • separate

      US /'sepəreɪt/

      UK /'sepəreɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Being different from or unrelated to another
      • Not connected; different.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide two things by being in between them
      • To move things away from each other
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    • sponsoring

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To support the passage of a new law
      • To help someone succeed by giving them money
      B1
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    • stay away

      US /ste əˈwe/

      UK /stei əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
      • To remain absent from a place or event.
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    • supportive

      US /səˈpɔ:rtɪv/

      UK /səˈpɔ:tɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Providing help and support to someone or something
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    • susceptible

      US /səˈsɛptəbəl/

      UK /səˈseptəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
      • At risk of developing a certain illness or problem
      B2TOEIC
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    • therapy

      US /ˈθɛrəpi/

      UK /'θerəpɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Treatment to help cure an illness
      • Psychological counseling to help resolve personal or emotional problems.
      B2
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    • thumb

      US /θʌm/

      UK /θʌm/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
      • Countable Noun
      • Part of a glove that goes over the thumb
      • The short, thick finger on the side of your hand
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    • trial

      US /ˈtraɪəl, traɪl/

      UK /ˈtraɪəl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hearing and judgment of a case in court
      • Act or process of testing or experimenting
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be made or done as a test or experiment
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    • trilogy

      US /ˈtrɪlədʒi/

      UK /ˈtrɪlədʒi/

      • Countable Noun
      • Series of three connected works
      C1
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    • try out

      US /traɪ aʊt/

      UK /trai aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to win a place on a team in a group
      • To test briefly to determine how well it works
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    • unique

      US /juˈnik/

      UK /jʊ'ni:k/

      • Adjective
      • Unlike other things; being the only one like it
      • Remarkably special or unusual.
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    • wanna

      US /ˈwɑnə/

      UK /'wɒnə/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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    • zone

      US /zoʊn/

      UK /zəʊn/

      • Noun
      • Area of space designated for a particular use
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide an area for a particular reason
      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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