Vocabulary

  • subway station: A station where passengers can board or exit a subway train.
  • look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
  • have to: Must do
  • way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
  • all along: From the beginning; all the time.
  • off the track: Away from the main subject or correct path.
  • spring back: To return quickly to an earlier position or condition.
  • dot down: To quickly write a few brief notes.
  • opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
  • fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
  • accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • current: Electricity flowing through wires
  • prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
  • precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
  • accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
  • regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
  • drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
  • surface: To give (road) a top layer
  • purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
  • challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
  • impair: To damage or weaken something
  • universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
  • option: A choice
  • privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
  • guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • disruptive: Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
  • tactile: Concerning touch; enjoys touching
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
  • prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
  • middle: Place that is halfway between two things
  • readily: In a quick and easy manner
  • bring: To take or go with someone to a place
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
  • wiggle: To move from side to side with short fast movement
  • visually: With respect to vision
  • carry: To have a child, be pregnant
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • inaccurate: Not correct, accurate, or true
  • inclusion: Act of including; person, thing that is included
  • dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
  • terribly: To an extreme degree; badly; very
  • inaudible: Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
  • subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
  • tramp: A person who lives on the streets
  • prohibitive: Tending to discourage, e.g. if a price is too high
  • collaboratively: So as to complete a task by working with others
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    • accessible

      US /ækˈsɛsəbəl/

      UK /əkˈsesəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be entered, reached or used
      • Easy to understand.
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    • accurate

      US /ˈækjərɪt/

      UK /ˈækjərət/

      • Adjective
      • With no mistake or error; Correct
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    • advantage

      US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing making the chance of success higher
      • A positive point about something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
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    • all along

      US /ɔl əˈlɔŋ/

      UK /ɔ:l əˈlɔŋ/

      • Adverb
      • From the beginning; all the time.
      • Phrase
      • In a line parallel to something long.
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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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    • channel

      US /ˈtʃænəl/

      UK /'tʃænl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
      • TV or radio station or its programs
      • Transitive Verb
      • To dig a long hole for carrying water
      • To send (e.g. money) to a certain place or person
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    • collaboratively

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • So as to complete a task by working with others
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    • concept

      US /ˈkɑnˌsɛpt/

      UK /'kɒnsept/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Abstract idea of something or how it works
      • A plan or intention; a conception.
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    • current

      US /ˈkɚrənt, ˈkʌr-/

      UK /'kʌrənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Electricity flowing through wires
      • Movement of water in a river, or air in the sky
      • Adjective
      • Happening or being in the present time
      • In general use or accepted by most people.
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    • disruptive

      US /dɪsˈrʌptɪv/

      UK /dɪsˈrʌptɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
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    • dot

      US /dɑt/

      UK /dɒt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To place small amounts/things in various places
      • To mark something by placing a small, round spot
      • Noun
      • Small round mark
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    • dot down

      US /dɑt daʊn/

      UK /dɒt daʊn/

      • other
      • To quickly write a few brief notes.
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    • drill

      US /drɪl/

      UK /drɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
      • Exercise done to learn military skills
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a deep hole to find oil, gas etc.
      • To put a hole in something by using a boring tool
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    • flexibility

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
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    • fragile

      US /ˈfrædʒəl, -ˌaɪl/

      UK /'frædʒaɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Easily affected, broken, or harmed
      • Weak or delicate; easily damaged in health
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • impair

      US /ɪmˈpɛr/

      UK /ɪm'peə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage or weaken something
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    • inaccurate

      US /ɪnˈækjərɪt/

      UK /ɪnˈækjərət/

      • Adjective
      • Not correct, accurate, or true
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    • inaudible

      US /ɪnˈɔdəbəl/

      UK /ɪnˈɔ:dəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
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    • inclusion

      US /ɪnˈkluʒən/

      UK /ɪnˈklu:ʒn/

      • Noun
      • Act of including; person, thing that is included
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    • look for

      US /lʊk fɔr/

      UK /luk fɔ:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To try to find a thing or person that is lost
      • To expect or anticipate something.
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    • off the track

      US /ɔf ðə træk/

      UK /ɒf ðə træk/

      • other
      • Away from the main subject or correct path.
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    • opportunity

      US /ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju-/

      UK /ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
      • A favorable time or occasion for doing something.
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    • option

      US /ˈɑpʃən/

      UK /'ɒpʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A choice
      • A right to buy or sell something at a particular price within a particular period.
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    • precise

      US /prɪˈsaɪs/

      UK /prɪ'saɪs/

      • Adjective
      • (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
      • (Of a time, place, quality) exact
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    • press

      US /prɛs/

      UK /pres/

      • Noun
      • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
      • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
      • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
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    • prevent

      US /prɪˈvɛnt/

      UK /prɪ'vent/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To stop something from happening or existing
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    • privacy

      US /ˈpraɪvəsi/

      UK /ˈprɪvəsi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being hidden from the presence of others
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    • prohibitive

      US /proˈhɪbɪtɪv/

      UK /prə'hɪbətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Tending to discourage, e.g. if a price is too high
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    • 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
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    • purchase

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To buy something; to get by paying money for it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that you bought
      • Strong hold on something; grip
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    • readily

      US /ˈrɛdəli, ˈrɛdli/

      UK /ˈredɪli/

      • Adverb
      • In a quick and easy manner
      • In a quick and willing manner
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    • regular

      US /ˈrɛɡjəlɚ/

      UK /ˈregjələ(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Having an equal amount of space or time in between
      • Occurring or being done frequently
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Customers who frequently visit a place
      • Soldier who has a permanent job in the army
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    • specialty

      US /ˈspɛʃəlti/

      UK /ˈspeʃəlti/

      • Noun
      • Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
      • The specific area of your field
      • Adjective
      • Having a particular role or function
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    • spring back

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To return quickly to an earlier position or condition.
      • To recover quickly from a setback or difficulty.
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    • subway

      US /ˈsʌbˌwe/

      UK /ˈsʌbweɪ/

      • Noun
      • Train system running under the ground in a city
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    • subway station

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • A station where passengers can board or exit a subway train.
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    • surface

      US /ˈsɚfəs/

      UK /'sɜ:fɪs/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give (road) a top layer
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
      • To come to the top of something; emerge
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    • tactile

      US /ˈtæktəl, -ˌtaɪl/

      UK /ˈtæktaɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning touch; enjoys touching
      • Perceptible to the touch; having a texture that can be felt.
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    • terribly

      US /ˈtɛrəbli/

      UK /ˈterəbli/

      • Adverb
      • To an extreme degree; badly; very
      • Very; extremely
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    • tramp

      US /træmp/

      UK /træmp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A person who lives on the streets
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To walk or stamp heavily
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    • universal

      US /ˌjunəˈvɚsəl/

      UK /ˌju:nɪˈvɜ:sl/

      • Adjective
      • Existing in all places at all times for all people
      • Done or experienced by everyone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Things which apply equally to everyone
      • A general term, idea, or concept applicable to many particular things.
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    • visually

      US /ˈvɪʒʊəlɪ/

      UK /'vɪʒʊəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With respect to vision
      • In a way that involves images or visual representation.
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    • way to go

      US /we tu ɡo/

      UK /wei tu: ɡəu/

      • Interjection
      • An expression of encouragement or approval.
      • An expression of sarcasm after someone has made a mistake.
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    • wiggle

      US /ˈwɪɡəl/

      UK /'wɪɡl/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move from side to side with short fast movement
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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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