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Vocabulary

  • contrary to: In opposition to; against.
  • at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
  • concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • completely: In every way or as much as possible
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
  • unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • issue: To make something available to be used or sold
  • contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • typical: Normal; usual; expected
  • privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
  • rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • trend: Current style or fashion
  • fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • lounge: Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
  • technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
  • single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
  • tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
  • fully: Completely or entirely
  • comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
  • luxurious: Being very comfortable, beautiful, and expensive
  • modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
  • neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
  • pricey: Expensive; dear; costly
  • unconventional: Not acting according to normal accepted rules
  • surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
  • embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
  • globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
  • bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
  • iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
  • jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
  • posh: Seeming expensive; of/typical of the upper class
  • electrical: Related or connected to electricity
  • fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
  • equip: To provide with necessary materials or skills
  • pod: Seed container that grows on plants
  • inexpensive: Having a low price; cheap
  • lag: Delay between two events
  • radio: System of sending/receiving signals through air
  • traveler: Person going from one place to another
  • cordless: (Of devices) without an electric cable
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    • at night

      US /æt naɪt/

      UK /æt nait/

      • Phrase
      • During the night; in the nighttime.
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    • bar

      US /bɑ:r/

      UK /bɑ:(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
      • Professional organization of lawyers and judges
      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent entry, exit or an action
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    • combination

      US /ˌkɑmbəˈneʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒmbɪ'neɪʃn/

      • Noun
      • Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
      • Act or result of mixing things together
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    • comfortable

      US /ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl/

      UK /ˈkʌmftəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
      • Being relaxed, warm or happy
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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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    • contrary

      US /ˈkɑnˌtrɛri/

      UK /'kɒntrərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
      • Going against authority, a parent, or the rules
      • Adverb
      • In opposition to.
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    • contrary to

      US /ˈkɑnˌtrɛri tu/

      UK /ˈkɔntrəri tu:/

      • Preposition
      • In opposition to; against.
      • Differing from; not in agreement with.
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    • cordless

      US /ˈkɔ:rdləs/

      UK /ˈkɔ:dləs/

      • Adjective
      • (Of devices) without an electric cable
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    • electrical

      US /ɪˈlektrɪkl/

      UK /ɪˈlektrɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Related or connected to electricity
      • Skilled in working with electricity.
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    • embed

      US /ɛmˈbɛd/

      UK /ɪm'bed/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To place or set inside rock, etc.
      • To integrate (something) into something else.
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    • equip

      US /ɪˈkwɪp/

      UK /ɪ'kwɪp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To provide with necessary materials or skills
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    • fashion

      US /ˈfæʃən/

      UK /'fæʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Style of dress or activity popular at some time
      • Industry that creates new styles of clothes
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make things into a particular shape
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    • globe

      US /gloʊb/

      UK /gləʊb/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
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    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense
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    • inexpensive

      US /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

      UK /ˌɪnɪkˈspensɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Having a low price; cheap
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    • iron

      US /ˈaɪərn/

      UK /ˈaɪən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
      • Golf club with a metal head
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a hot flat-based machine to smooth clothes
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    • issue

      US /ˈɪʃu/

      UK /'ɪʃu:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something available to be used or sold
      • To deliver a statement, etc. in an official manner
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Important topic discussed, debated or argued over
      • Single edition of a magazine
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    • jet

      US /dʒɛt/

      UK /dʒet/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
      • A pipe that water or gas goes through
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Of liquid, gas) to shoot out of a small opening
      • To travel on a jet plane
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    • lag

      US /læɡ/

      UK /læɡ/

      • Noun
      • Delay between two events
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move at a slow pace in relation to others
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    • lounge

      US /laʊndʒ/

      UK /laʊndʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
      • Living room of a house
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To sit or lie down in a lazy or relaxed manner
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    • luxurious

      US /lʌgˈʒʊriəs/

      UK /lʌgˈʒʊəriəs/

      • Adjective
      • Being very comfortable, beautiful, and expensive
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    • millennial

      US /mɪ'lenɪrl/

      UK /mɪ'lenɪəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
      • Relating to the millennial generation.
      • Noun
      • A person born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s to early 2000s.
      • A person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000.
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    • neighborhood

      US /ˈnebɚˌhʊd/

      UK /'neɪbəhʊd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Area of a town or city that people live in
      • People who live in a particular area
      • Adjective
      • Relating to a neighborhood.
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    • pod

      US /pɑ:d/

      UK /pɒd/

      • Countable Noun
      • Seed container that grows on plants
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    • posh

      US /pɑ:ʃ/

      UK /pɒʃ/

      • Adjective
      • Seeming expensive; of/typical of the upper class
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    • pricey

      US /ˈpraɪsi/

      UK /ˈpraɪsi/

      • Adjective
      • Expensive; dear; costly
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    • privacy

      US /ˈpraɪvəsi/

      UK /ˈprɪvəsi/

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

      US /ˈreɪdioʊ/

      UK /ˈreɪdiəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • System of sending/receiving signals through air
      • Device to listen to broadcast programs, messages
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the broadcasting of sound
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    • surprisingly

      US /səˈpraɪzɪŋlɪ/

      UK /sə'praɪzɪŋlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
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    • technology

      US /tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/

      UK /tek'nɒlədʒɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
      • Machinery and equipment developed from scientific knowledge.
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    • tight

      US /taɪt/

      UK /taɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Showing anxiety or anger; tense
      • Positioned physically close together
      • Adverb
      • Firmly; so it can't move
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    • traveler

      US /'trævlə/

      UK /'trævlə/

      • Noun
      • Person going from one place to another
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    • trend

      US /trɛnd/

      UK /trend/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Current style or fashion
      • General direction that is taken
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be current and popular
      • To move up or down
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      More
    • typical

      US /ˈtɪpɪkəl/

      UK /ˈtɪpɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Normal; usual; expected
      • Serving as a representative example of a particular type.
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    • unconventional

      US /ˌʌnkənˈvɛnʃənəl/

      UK /ˌʌnkənˈvenʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Not acting according to normal accepted rules
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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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    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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