Vocabulary

  • right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
  • paid work: Employment for which one receives payment; a job.
  • In the event of: If something happens, especially something undesirable
  • such as: For example; like
  • long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • have to: Must do
  • join up: To enlist in the armed forces.
  • poorer: Most poor
  • work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
  • housing: To give someone a place to live
  • clothing: Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
  • pay: To give money for goods or work done
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • business: A company formed for making profit
  • idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
  • high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
  • signing: To communicate by using ones hands and gestures
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • call: A order or request for action
  • join: To bring something close to another, to become one
  • collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
  • exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
  • grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
  • news: Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
  • list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • history: Established pattern or record
  • basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
  • unconditional: With no demands made before agreeing
  • unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
  • financial: Involving money
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
  • social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
  • organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
  • taxation: System of charging and collecting taxes
  • luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
  • human: A person; a man, woman or child
  • accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
  • minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
  • income: Earned money from work, investments or business
  • wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
  • propose: To make an offer of marriage
  • universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
  • pollute: To make dirty, impure or harmful to environment
  • adequate: Enough; good enough for what is needed
  • citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
  • remedy: Way to solve or fix a problem
  • participation: Act of being involved in something
  • distribute: To hand out or give to people
  • finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
  • manufacturing: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
  • misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • enable: To make it possible to do something
  • obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
  • consumption: The act of buying and using products
  • campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
  • humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
  • accumulation: Act of becoming bigger or more over time
  • buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
  • dignified: With a formal, serious, and calm manner
  • simplification: Act of making easier to do, use or understand
  • eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
  • surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
  • threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
  • fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
  • petition: Request to an authority to change something
  • austerity: Lack of luxury or plenty
  • mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
  • manifesto: Political statement of the beliefs or policies
  • skyrocket: (Prices or things) to increase suddenly
  • Orient: Area comprising Asia
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    • accumulation

      US /əˌkjumjəˈleʃən/

      UK /əˌkju:mjə'leɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of becoming bigger or more over time
      • A collection of things that have been gathered over time.
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    • adequate

      US /ˈædɪkwɪt/

      UK /ˈædɪkwət/

      • Adjective
      • Enough; good enough for what is needed
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    • austerity

      US /ɔˈstɛrɪti/

      UK /ɒ'sterətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Lack of luxury or plenty
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    • buzz

      US /bʌz/

      UK /bʌz/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make a low, constant noise like a bee
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    • campaign

      US /kæmˈpen/

      UK /kæm'peɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Series of actions meant to achieve a goal
      • A planned set of military activities intended to achieve a particular objective.
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    • citizenship

      US /ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp/

      UK /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
      • Noun
      • The rights and duties of citizens.
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    • clothing

      US /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/

      UK /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
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    • collect

      US /kəˈlɛkt/

      UK /kəˈlekt/

      • Adverb
      • By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask for money, e.g. for a charity
      • To gather things, people together in one place
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    • consumption

      US /kənˈsʌmpʃən/

      UK /kənˈsʌmpʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The act of buying and using products
      • The act of using energy, food or materials; the amount used
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    • dignified

      US /ˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪd/

      UK /ˈdɪgnɪfaɪd/

      • Adjective
      • With a formal, serious, and calm manner
      • Showing self-respect and behaving in a way that earns respect from others.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make (something) seem worthy and impressive.
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    • distribute

      US /dɪˈstrɪbjut/

      UK /dɪˈstrɪbju:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hand out or give to people
      • To send products to stores to sell
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    • economic

      US /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk, ˌikə-/

      UK /ˌi:kəˈnɒmɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning trade, industry, and money
      • Financially worthwhile; profitable.
      • Noun
      • A system relating to economics
      • A factor relating to economics
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    • enable

      US /ɛˈnebəl/

      UK /ɪˈneɪbl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make it possible to do something
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    • eradicate

      US /ɪˈrædɪˌket/

      UK /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove or destroy something completely
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    • exercise

      US /ˈɛksɚˌsaɪz/

      UK /'eksəsaɪz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work out to become stronger and healthier
      • To retain your ability or practice your skills
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical activity to increase health and strength
      • Set of questions in a text book
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    • finance

      US /fəˈnæns, faɪ-, ˈfaɪˌnæns/

      UK /ˈfaɪnæns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Control of money a person, business has access to
      • Adjective
      • Concerned with money
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    • financial

      US /faɪˈnænʃ(ə)l/

      UK /faɪˈnænʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Involving money
      • Relating to investments.
      • Countable Noun
      • A person who provides advice on financial matters.
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    • fundamental

      US /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˌfʌndəˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Forming a necessary part, base, or core
      • Of central importance.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A basic part of something
      • (Music) the lowest note in a harmony
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • history

      US /ˈhɪstəri/

      UK /'hɪstrɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Established pattern or record
      • Study of past events as an academic subject
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    • housing

      US /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/

      UK /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a place to live
      • To contain or store something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Homes; houses in general
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    • humanity

      US /hjuˈmænɪti/

      UK /hju:ˈmænəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
      • Compassionate behavior, especially towards those suffering.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • All human beings collectively; the human race.
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    • In the event of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • If something happens, especially something undesirable
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    • join up

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To enlist in the armed forces.
      • To become a member of an organization or group.
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    • local

      US /ˈloʊkl/

      UK /ˈləʊkl/

      • Noun
      • Bus or train, that stops at most stations
      • People who live in the area being discussed
      • Adjective
      • Relating to a particular area, city, or town
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    • long list

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
      • A list that is excessively long and therefore boring or difficult to manage.
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    • luxury

      US /ˈlʌɡʒəri, ˈlʌkʃə-/

      UK /ˈlʌkʃəri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something expensive bought for pleasure
      • Something that gives great comfort and pleasure
      • Adjective
      • Very comfortable and expensive.
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    • manifesto

      US /ˌmænəˈfɛsto/

      UK /ˌmænɪ'festəʊ/

      • Noun
      • Political statement of the beliefs or policies
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    • manufacturing

      US /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃərɪŋ/

      UK /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To produce large numbers of products in a factory
      • To create a story or explanation that is not true
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The act of making things in factories
      • The industry or business of manufacturing goods.
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    • minimum

      US /ˈmɪnəməm/

      UK /ˈmɪnɪməm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
      • The lowest recorded or expected temperature.
      • Adjective
      • Smallest or lowest; the least possible.
      • Using or requiring the least possible resources.
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    • misery

      US /ˈmɪzəri/

      UK /'mɪzərɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Thing that causes unhappiness
      • Extreme suffering or unhappiness
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    • mobilize

      US /ˈmobəˌlaɪz/

      UK /'məʊbəlaɪz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come together for an action or purpose
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    • obsolete

      US /ˌɑ:bsəˈli:t/

      UK /ˈɒbsəli:t/

      • Adjective
      • Not used anymore because something newer exists
      • No longer useful because it has been replaced by something newer and better.
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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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    • Orient

      US /ˈɔriənt, -ˌɛnt, ˈor-/

      UK /'ɔ:rɪənt/

      • Noun
      • Area comprising Asia
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give information about something to newcomers
      • To find the direction
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    • paid work

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Employment for which one receives payment; a job.
      • Work done for wages or a salary, as opposed to unpaid or voluntary work.
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    • participation

      US /pɑ:rˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/

      UK /pɑ:ˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of being involved in something
      • The involvement of individuals in making decisions that affect them.
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    • petition

      US /pəˈtɪʃən/

      UK /pə'tɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Request to an authority to change something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To request an authority to make a change
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    • pollute

      US /pəˈlut/

      UK /pə'lu:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make dirty, impure or harmful to environment
      • To make something negative
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    • propose

      US /prəˈpoz/

      UK /prə'pəʊz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make an offer of marriage
      • To offer or put forward an idea for consideration
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    • remedy

      US /ˈrɛmɪdi,'rɛmədɪ/

      UK /'remədɪ/

      • Noun
      • Way to solve or fix a problem
      • Treatment that relieves pain or cures illness
      • Transitive Verb
      • To solve or correct a problem
      • To cure or relieve (a disease or its symptoms).
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    • right for

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
      • Correct or most appropriate.
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    • simplification

      US /ˌsɪmpləfəˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of making easier to do, use or understand
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    • such as

      US /sʌtʃ æz/

      UK /sʌtʃ æz/

      • Preposition
      • For example; like
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    • surpass

      US /sɚˈpæs/

      UK /sə'pɑ:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To go beyond or achieve more than someone
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    • taxation

      US /tækˈseʃən/

      UK /tækˈseɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • System of charging and collecting taxes
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    • threshold

      US /ˈθrɛʃˌold, -ˌhold/

      UK /'θreʃhəʊld/

      • Noun
      • Degree or level at which something begins
      • A strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.
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    • unconditional

      US /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/

      UK /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • With no demands made before agreeing
      • Without any limitations or restrictions
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    • unemployment

      US /ˌʌnɛmˈplɔɪmənt,-ɪm-/

      UK /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Number of people without jobs in a country
      • State of not having a job
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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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    • wealth

      US /wɛlθ/

      UK /welθ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
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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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