Vocabulary

  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • come up: To come closer to someone; approach
  • fill out: To become fatter
  • back up: To save a copy of your computer data
  • note down: To write something down so that you do not forget it.
  • set up
  • at work: Located at one's place of employment
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • next to: Being located along side another
  • to order: To give an instruction or command.
  • keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
  • find out about: To look for information to learn about it
  • out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
  • check out
  • context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
  • conference: Series of lectures held as an event
  • challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
  • application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
  • address: Exact street location of a place
  • external: Concerning foreign countries
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • refer: To talk about or write about something
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
  • pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • extra: More than necessary; additional
  • quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
  • organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
  • interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
  • obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
  • important: Having power or authority
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • arise: To stand up
  • employee: Person who works for someone else for payment
  • preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • kind: In a caring and helpful manner
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
  • inventory: List of items stored at a place
  • phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
  • erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
  • registration: An official record or proof of registering
  • parenthesis: One of two symbols ( and ), used in writing
  • quotation: Written statement of the cost of something
  • workplace: Place where work is done
  • twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
  • datum: Item of factual information
  • delete: To remove or erase something
  • quitting: To leave a job
  • til: Until
  • quits: To leave a job
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    • application

      US /ˌæplɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Software program, e.g. for smart phone
      • Process of spreading a substance over a surface
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    • arise

      US /əˈraɪz/

      UK /əˈraɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To stand up
      • To result or happen due to a particular event
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    • at work

      US /æt wɚk/

      UK /æt wə:k/

      • Phrase
      • Located at one's place of employment
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    • back up

      US /bæk ʌp/

      UK /bæk ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To save a copy of your computer data
      • To confirm the truth of what someone says
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    • basically

      US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/

      • Adverb
      • Used before you explain something simply, clearly
      • In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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    • by accident

      US /baɪ ˈæksɪdənt/

      UK /bai ˈæksidənt/

      • Phrase
      • Without intending to; unintentionally.
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    • call for

      US /kɔl fɔr/

      UK /kɔ:l fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
      • To come to someone's house to take them somewhere
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    • challenge

      US /ˈtʃæləndʒ/

      UK /'tʃælɪndʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
      • Act of formally inviting someone to compete
      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally invite someone to compete at something
      • To question the correctness of something
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • come up

      US /kʌm ʌp/

      UK /kʌm ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To come closer to someone; approach
      • (Of sun) to rise into the sky in the morning
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    • conference

      US /ˈkɑnfərəns, -frəns/

      UK /ˈkɒnfərəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Series of lectures held as an event
      • An association of US sports teams
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To hold a discussion; consult.
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    • context

      US /ˈkɑnˌtɛkst/

      UK /ˈkɒntekst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Set of facts surrounding a person or event
      • The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
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    • datum

      US /ˈdetəm, ˈdætəm, ˈdɑtəm/

      UK /ˈdeɪtəm/

      • Noun
      • Item of factual information
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    • delete

      US /diˈlit/

      UK /dɪ'li:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove or erase something
      • Noun
      • A key on a computer keyboard used to remove characters or files.
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    • employee

      US /ɪmˈplɔɪi:/

      UK /ɪmˈplɔɪi:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person who works for someone else for payment
      • A person working for a government agency.
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    • erase

      US /ɪˈreɪs/

      UK /ɪˈreɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
      • To remove written information by mistake
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    • external

      US /ɪkˈstɚnəl/

      UK /eksˈtə:nl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning foreign countries
      • Concerning the outside of something; outer
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    • extra

      US /'ekstrə/

      UK /'ekstrə/

      • Adjective
      • More than necessary; additional
      • Of especially good quality or grade.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items more than you need; additional items
      • Person who has a small part in a movie
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    • fill out

      US /fɪl aʊt/

      UK /fil aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To become fatter
      • To complete a form by adding information needed
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    • find out about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look for information to learn about it
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • interview

      US /ˈɪntɚˌvju/

      UK /'ɪntəvju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally ask questions about a given topic
      • Noun
      • Meeting to ask questions to get information
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    • inventory

      US /ˈɪnvəntɔ:ri/

      UK /ˈɪnvəntri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • List of items stored at a place
      • A complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To list the things stored at a place
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    • keeping up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To understand what someone is saying
      • To move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else.
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • next to

      US /nɛkst tu/

      UK /nekst tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Being located along side another
      • In comparison with
      • Adverb
      • Almost; nearly
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    • note down

      US /not daʊn/

      UK /nəut daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To write something down so that you do not forget it.
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    • obtain

      US /əbˈtein/

      UK /əbˈteɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given or to earn something through efforts
      • To get something through your efforts
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    • out of it

      US /aʊt ʌv ɪt/

      UK /aut ɔv it/

      • Adjective
      • Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
      • Not able to think clearly or react quickly; not with it.
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    • pace

      US /pes/

      UK /peɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
      • Single step, often used to measure a distance
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To set and control your speed, as in a race
      • To walk with slow purposeful steps
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    • parenthesis

      US /pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs/

      UK /pəˈrenθəsɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of two symbols ( and ), used in writing
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    • phrasal

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or consisting of a phrase
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    • plug

      US /plʌɡ/

      UK /plʌg/

      • Noun
      • Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
      • Thing on a wire to connect to electricity supply
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use an object to block a hole
      • To promote or advertise a product
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    • preparation

      US /ˌprɛpəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌprepəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Cream or substance applied onto the skin
      • Act of making ready for a purpose or activity
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    • quits

      US /kwɪts/

      UK /kwɪts/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To leave a job
      • To leave a place
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    • quitting

      US /kwɪtɪŋ/

      UK /kwɪtɪŋ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To leave a job
      • To leave a place
      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop a habit, e.g. smoking
      B1
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    • quiz

      US /kwɪz/

      UK /kwɪz/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A game in which players answer questions on topics
      • Brief spoken or written test, given to students
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask a person many questions about something
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    • quotation

      US /kwoˈteʃən/

      UK /kwəʊ'teɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Written statement of the cost of something
      • Words that a person has said or written
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    • refer

      US /rɪˈfɚ/

      UK /rɪ'fɜ:(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To talk about or write about something
      • To give information about something
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    • registration

      US /ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreʃən/

      UK /ˌredʒɪˈstreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An official record or proof of registering
      • Total number, e.g. of students in a school
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    • set up

      US /sɛt ʌp/

      UK /set ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make arrangements for something; establish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrange or prepare something for use.
      • To start a business, organization, etc.
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    • survive

      US /sɚˈvaɪv/

      UK /sə'vaɪv/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To continue to live despite illness or trouble
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    • think of

      US /θɪŋk ʌv/

      UK /θiŋk ɔv/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To look on as (being something specific); consider
      • To consider or remember something.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To imagine or call something to mind
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    • til

      US /tɪl/

      UK /til,ti:l/

      • Adverb
      • Until
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    • to order

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give an instruction or command.
      • To request something to be made, supplied, or served.
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    • twitter

      US /ˈtwɪtɚ/

      UK /ˈtwɪtə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
      • Proper Noun
      • An online messaging system
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    • used to

      US /juzd tu/

      UK /ˈju:st tə/

      • Adjective
      • Did regularly before, but don't do now
      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Have done before, but do not do now
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    • virus

      US /ˈvaɪrəs/

      UK /'vaɪrəs/

      • Noun
      • File secretly put on computers to cause harm
      • Living organism that causes disease or sickness
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    • workplace

      US /ˈwɚkˌples/

      UK /ˈwɜ:kpleɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place where work is done
      B2
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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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    English at Work: 10 Phrasal Verbs for the Office-engVid Alex

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