Vocabulary

  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • in terms of
  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • have to: Must do
  • based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
  • for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
  • in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
  • in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
  • out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
  • the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • call in: To ask others for help when in need
  • background information: Information that provides context or history relevant to a current situation or topic.
  • better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
  • take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
  • power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
  • as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
  • going on: To continue doing something
  • leg up: Assistance given to someone by lifting or pushing them up.
  • in pairs: Divided into or working as two people together.
  • listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
  • test: To be given a medical examination
  • key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
  • read: Person's name
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • teach: To help someone learn or do something
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • speak: To be able to use a certain language
  • hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
  • main: Most important; most often used
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • believer: A person who has religious faith
  • level: Specific height of something
  • memorize: To study something so that you remember it
  • discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
  • side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • text: To send a message by phone or other device
  • match: To equal or be as good as something else
  • exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
  • improve: To make, or become, something better
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
  • background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
  • request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
  • benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • introductory: Serving as an initial experience of something
  • natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
  • habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
  • preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
  • score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
  • convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
  • firm: Company that sells goods or services
  • awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
  • understanding: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
  • basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
  • actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
  • deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
  • calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
  • instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
  • recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
  • productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
  • interactive: Acting or influencing others
  • overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
  • encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
  • context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • related: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
  • component: One of the parts that something is made up of
  • exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
  • explicitly: Clearly; specifically
  • core: To take out the central section of a fruit
  • lexical: About words
  • expend: To use a lot of something, such as time or energy
  • schema: Pattern used to aid in understanding
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    • actual

      US /ˈæktʃuəl/

      UK /ˈæktʃuəl/

      • Adjective
      • Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
      • Current; existing at the present time.
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    • as soon as

      US /æz sun æz/

      UK /æz su:n æz/

      • Phrase
      • In a short time after (something happens)
      • Without any delay; immediately
      • Conjunction
      • At the moment that, or immediately after.
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    • awful

      US /ˈɔfəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:fl/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad; horrible; terrible
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    • background

      US /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/

      UK /ˈbækgraʊnd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Images, color, or information behind the main one
      • Someone's personal work and educational history
      • Adjective
      • Done or existing in a less noticeable or important way
      • Hidden or not easily seen
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    • background information

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Information that provides context or history relevant to a current situation or topic.
      • Phrase
      • Detailed information that helps to understand a subject or problem.
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    • base

      US /bes/

      UK /beɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Place military personnel live, train, and operate
      • Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use as the starting point or origin for
      • To have as the main location for (company, etc.)
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    • based on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
      • Preposition
      • Using something as the main idea or foundation.
      • Relying on something as evidence or justification.
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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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    • believer

      US /bɪˈliːvər/

      UK /bɪˈli:və(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • A person who has religious faith
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    • benefit

      US /ˈbɛnəfɪt/

      UK /'benɪfɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Good result or effect, something advantageous
      • A payment made by the state or an insurance policy to someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have a good effect or be helpful
      • To receive an advantage; to be helped
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    • better understanding

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
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    • calculate

      US /ˈkælkjəˌlet/

      UK /'kælkjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To find an answer using mathematics
      • To make an educated guess about something
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    • call in

      US /kɔl ɪn/

      UK /kɔ:l in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To ask others for help when in need
      • To make a phone call to your office; to contact
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    • component

      US /kəmˈponənt/

      UK /kəmˈpəʊnənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • One of the parts that something is made up of
      • A constituent part; ingredient.
      • Adjective
      • Being a part of something
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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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    • convince

      US /kənˈvɪns/

      UK /kən'vɪns/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
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    • core

      US /kɔr, kor/

      UK /kɔ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take out the central section of a fruit
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Important central part of something
      • The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
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    • deny

      US /dɪˈnaɪ/

      UK /dɪ'naɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refuse to allow or accept something
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    • encounter

      US /ɛnˈkaʊntɚ/

      UK /ɪn'kaʊntə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
      • To meet someone or something unexpectedly
      • Noun
      • A chance meeting; unexpected or unplanned meeting
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    • essential

      US /ɪˈsɛnʃəl/

      UK /ɪ'senʃl/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely or most important and necessary
      • Fundamental; basic.
      • Noun
      • A concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants.
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    • exceed

      US /ɪkˈsid/

      UK /ɪk'si:d/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be greater in number, degree than something
      • To go above or beyond a limit or rule
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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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    • expend

      US /ɪkˈspɛnd/

      UK /ɪk'spend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a lot of something, such as time or energy
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    • explicitly

      US /ɪk'splɪsɪtlɪ/

      UK /ɪk'splɪsɪtlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • Clearly; specifically
      • Directly and unambiguously expressed or stated.
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    • firm

      US /fɚm/

      UK /fɜ:m/

      • Countable Noun
      • Company that sells goods or services
      • Adjective
      • Fairly hard or solid, not soft
      • Unchanging and strong
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    • focus

      US /ˈfokəs/

      UK /'fəʊkəs/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
      • To keep your attention, concentration on one thing
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Main purpose or center of interest or activity
      • The clarity of an image produced by a lens.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • for sure

      US /fɔr ʃʊr/

      UK /fɔ: ʃuə/

      • Adverb
      • Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
      • Used to emphasize a statement.
      • Interjection
      • An expression of strong agreement or affirmation.
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    • going on

      US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/

      UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
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    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
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    • habit

      US /ˈhæbɪt/

      UK /'hæbɪt/

      • Noun
      • Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
      • Usual way of behaving; something often repeated
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • in pairs

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Divided into or working as two people together.
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    • in terms of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • With regard to; concerning a particular aspect.
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    • in the past

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • During a former period of time; previously.
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    • in ways

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a manner or by methods that.
      • In certain respects or aspects.
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    • instant

      US /ˈɪnstənt/

      UK /ˈɪnstənt/

      • Adjective
      • (Food) requiring very little preparation
      • Occurring immediately
      • Noun
      • A very short period of time
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    • interactive

      US /ˌɪntɚˈæktɪv/

      UK /ˌɪntərˈæktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Acting or influencing others
      • Involving communication between people; allowing a user to respond to a computer.
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    • introductory

      US /ˌɪntrəˈdʌktəri/

      UK /ˌɪntrəˈdʌktəri/

      • Adjective
      • Serving as an initial experience of something
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    • leg up

      US /lɛɡ ʌp/

      UK /leɡ ʌp/

      • Noun
      • Assistance given to someone by lifting or pushing them up.
      • An advantage that helps someone to succeed.
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    • level

      US /ˈlɛvəl/

      UK /'levl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Specific height of something
      • Amount of ability you have compared to others
      • Transitive Verb
      • To aim a gun at someone
      • To destroy a building; flatten an area completely
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    • lexical

      US /ˈlɛksɪkəl/

      UK /ˈleksɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • About words
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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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    • match

      US /mætʃ/

      UK /mætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To equal or be as good as something else
      • To work well or look good with something else
      • Noun
      • Something that is equal to or the same as another
      • Small stick you strike to light a fire candle etc.
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    • memorize

      US /ˈmɛməˌraɪz/

      UK /ˈmeməraɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To study something so that you remember it
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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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    • out of time

      US /aʊt ʌv taɪm/

      UK /aut ɔv taim/

      • Adjective
      • Having no more time available to do something.
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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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    • power on

      US /ˈpaʊɚ ɑn/

      UK /ˈpauə ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To activate or switch on a device or machine.
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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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    • productive

      US /prəˈdʌktɪv, pro-/

      UK /prəˈdʌktɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Producing things in large quantities; fertile
      • Doing a lot of work and achieving a lot
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    • recall

      US /rɪˈkɔl/

      UK /rɪˈkɔ:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
      • Act of remembering events or details of the past
      • Transitive Verb
      • (Company) to ask for the return of faulty goods
      • To remember events or details of the past
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    • related

      US /rɪˈletɪd/

      UK /rɪ'leɪtɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demonstrate a logical relationship between
      • To understand or sympathize with, e.g. a problem
      • Adjective
      • Connected to; in association with
      • Connected by family or marriage.
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    • request

      US /rɪˈkwɛst/

      UK /rɪ'kwest/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To ask for, usually politely and formally
      • Noun
      • Thing that has been asked for
      • A signal to a computer system or program to perform a task.
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    • schema

      US /ˈskimə/

      UK /ˈski:mə/

      • Noun
      • Pattern used to aid in understanding
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    • score

      US /skɔr, skor/

      UK /skɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
      • Current number of points given in a game, contest
      • Transitive Verb
      • To mark or cut something with a sharp object
      • To get or give points in a game, contest, or test
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • take in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To allow to enter; receive as a guest
      • To include or add
      • Transitive Verb
      • To absorb (liquid).
      • To understand or comprehend something.
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    • task

      US /tæsk/

      UK /tɑ:sk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Big or small piece of work someone has to do
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given something to do, e.g. wash dishes
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    • the bottom line

      US /ði ˈbɑtəm laɪn/

      UK /ðə ˈbɔtəm lain/

      • Noun
      • The most important thing; the essential point.
      • The net income or profit of a company.
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    • vocabulary

      US /voˈkæbjəˌlɛri/

      UK /və'kæbjələrɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Words that have to do with a particular subject
      • The words that a person knows
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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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