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Vocabulary

  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • end in: To have something as the final result.
  • figure: To appear in a game, play or event
  • scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
  • general: Widespread, normal or usual
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
  • scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
  • substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
  • opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
  • method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
  • exist: To be present, alive or real
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • craft: To make by hand and with much skill
  • grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
  • collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
  • core: To take out the central section of a fruit
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
  • responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
  • actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
  • standard: Official unit of measuring something
  • mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
  • string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
  • dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
  • object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
  • credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
  • attach: To be associated or connected with
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
  • fill: To make something full
  • clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
  • originally: At first; in the beginning
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • find: To become aware of something that is happening
  • icon: Small image on a computer screen
  • grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
  • glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
  • powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
  • paste: To move computer data from one page to another
  • erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
  • graphite: Black substance that is used in pencil lead
  • eraser: Piece of rubber to rub out a mistake in writing
  • concord: Harmonious coexistence, as of people or colors
  • handmade: Made by hand or a hand process
  • weaver: Person who makes cloth by weaving
  • kiln: Type of oven used for baking clay or brick
  • usable: Able to be used; good enough to use
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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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    • attach

      US /əˈtætʃ/

      UK /ə'tætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be associated or connected with
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    • audible

      US /ˈɔdəbəl/

      UK /ˈɔ:dəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
      B2
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    • average

      US /ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ/

      UK /'ævərɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Total of numbers divided by the number of items
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add numbers then divide by the number of items
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    • clay

      US /kle/

      UK /kleɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
      • Proper Noun
      • Person's name
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    • collaboration

      US /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃn/

      UK /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of working with someone to complete a task
      B1
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    • concord

      US /ˈkɑnˌkɔrd, ˈkɑŋ-/

      UK /'kɒŋkɔ:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Harmonious coexistence, as of people or colors
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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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    • craft

      US /kræft/

      UK /krɑ:ft/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make by hand and with much skill
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Job requiring a worker to have specific skills
      • Vehicle that travels on water or through the air
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    • credit

      US /ˈkrɛdɪt/

      UK /'kredɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • System to buy something and pay for it later
      • Points earned instead of money
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add a certain amount of money to a total
      • To recognize someone's achievements or help
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    • dip

      US /dɪp/

      UK /dɪp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To decrease or lower temporarily
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Food or sauce eaten with crackers/raw vegetables
      • Place on surface (e.g. a road) lower than the rest
      B1
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    • end in

      US /ɛnd ɪn/

      UK /end in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have something as the final result.
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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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    • eraser

      US /ɪˈreɪsər/

      UK /ɪˈreɪzə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Piece of rubber to rub out a mistake in writing
      B2
      More
    • glue

      US /ɡlu/

      UK /ɡlu:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sticky substance used for joining things together
      • Transitive Verb
      • To join or affix things with glue or paste
      B1
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    • grade

      US /ɡred/

      UK /ɡreɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a road the required angle of slope
      • To determine the level or quality of something
      • Noun
      • Level or quality of something e.g. a diamond
      • Mark that shows the quality of a student's work
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    • graphite

      US /ˈɡræfˌaɪt/

      UK /ˈgræfaɪt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Black substance that is used in pencil lead
      C1
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    • grind

      US /ɡraɪnd/

      UK /ɡraɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
      • To make loud jarring noise by pressing hard
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Hard work or effort
      B2
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    • handmade

      US /ˈhændˈmed/

      UK /ˌhændˈmeɪd/

      • Adjective
      • Made by hand or a hand process
      C2
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    • icon

      US /ˈaɪˌkɑn/

      UK /'aɪkɒn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small image on a computer screen
      • Person widely recognized as a symbol of something
      B1
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    • kiln

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Type of oven used for baking clay or brick
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    • method

      US /ˈmɛθəd/

      UK /'meθəd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • (Organized and planned) way of doing something
      • Orderliness of thought, arrangement, or behavior.
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    • mold

      US /mold/

      UK /məʊld/

      • Noun
      • Distinctive type of character or nature
      • Fungus growing on old food or in wet dark places
      • Transitive Verb
      • To influence a person's character or behavior
      • To form something into a shape
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    • object

      US /ˈɑbdʒɪkt/

      UK /'ɒbdʒɪkt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
      • Goal or purpose of a particular plan or activity
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To disagree; to protest against an idea or plan
      • To state one's reason for disagreement
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    • on the streets

      US /ɑn ðə strits/

      UK /ɒn ðə stri:ts/

      • other
      • Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
      B2
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    • opinion

      US /əˈpɪnjən/

      UK /əˈpɪnjən/

      • Noun
      • Court judge's statement why a decision was made
      • A person's thoughts on a topic
      A2TOEIC
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    • originally

      US /əˈrɪdʒənəli/

      UK /əˈrɪdʒənəli/

      • Adverb
      • At first; in the beginning
      • In a new and unique manner
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    • paste

      US /pest/

      UK /peɪst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To move computer data from one page to another
      • To stick or glue something to something else
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Type of thick glue used for sticking things
      • Soft, wet mixture of powder and liquid
      B1
      More
    • patent

      US /ˈpætnt/

      UK /ˈpætnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Legal protection for inventions or ideas
      • Transitive Verb
      • To obtain legal protection for inventions or ideas
      B2
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    • powder

      US /ˈpaʊdɚ/

      UK /'paʊdə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
      • Dry and light form of snow
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply a dust onto the body or face
      • To reduce to powder; pulverize.
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    • responsible

      US / rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the cause of something that has occurred
      • Having the duty of dealing with something
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    • result

      US /rɪˈzʌlt/

      UK /rɪ'zʌlt/

      • Noun
      • Something produced through tests or experiments
      • Final score of a competition, election or game
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be the outcome of other causes and effects
      • To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
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    • rubber

      US /ˈrʌbɚ/

      UK /'rʌbə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Material used to make tires, etc.
      B1TOEIC
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    • scale

      US /skel/

      UK /skeɪl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Size, level, or amount when compared
      • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change the size of but keep the proportions
      • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
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    • scratch

      US /skrætʃ/

      UK /skrætʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
      • To make a small cut or mark on a surface
      • Noun
      • Action of rubbing your skin when itchy
      • A small cut or mark on a surface
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    • standard

      US /ˈstændəd/

      UK /'stændəd/

      • Noun
      • Official unit of measuring something
      • Principle of behaving in a moral way
      • Adjective
      • Being the accepted normal level of quality
      • (Of a language) being the most accepted in a place
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    • string

      US /strɪŋ/

      UK /strɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tie or connect things together with a thread
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A line of connected objects
      • Thick thread; thin rope
      A2
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    • substance

      US /ˈsʌbstəns/

      UK /'sʌbstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Essence of; most basic or central qualities
      • Particular type of material
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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
      A1
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    • usable

      US /ˈjuzəbəl/

      UK /ˈju:zəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be used; good enough to use
      B1
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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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    • weaver

      US /ˈwivɚ/

      UK /'wi:və(r)/

      • Noun
      • Person who makes cloth by weaving
      B1
      More
    • wrap

      US /ræp/

      UK /ræp/

      • Countable Noun
      • Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
      • Thin bread filled with food and rolled
      • Transitive Verb
      • To be or move around something
      • To cover something with paper or a cloth e.g. gift
      B1
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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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