Vocabulary

  • take it easy
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • stop working: To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • take with: To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
  • together with: In addition to; along with.
  • dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
  • turn on
  • appear at: To be present in a specific place or event.
  • first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
  • take it from me: Trust me or believe what I say based on experience.
  • in place of: Instead of; as a substitute for.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • look after: To take care of someone or something
  • lead on: To encourage someone to believe something that is not true.
  • used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
  • calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
  • think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
  • situation: Place, position or area that something is in
  • expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
  • fluent: Doing something well and with ease
  • curious: Wanting to know more about something
  • stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
  • consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
  • calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
  • escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
  • issue: To make something available to be used or sold
  • mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
  • advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
  • project: To predict what will happen in the future
  • feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
  • informal: Casual; relaxed
  • bottom: The part of your body you sit on
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • operation: Business or company, or its activities
  • excellent: Extremely good
  • marathon: Lasting for a long time
  • noticeable: Being easy or likely to be sensed or noticed
  • farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
  • impatient: Not wanting to wait; getting angry over problems
  • leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
  • weirdly: In an odd or strange way
  • informally: In a casual or relaxed way
  • notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
  • grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
  • shah: Title given to the monarch of Iran
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    • absolute

      US /ˈæbsəˌlut/

      UK /ˈæbsəlu:t/

      • Adjective
      • Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
      • Not capable of being doubted or questioned; certain.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is complete, total, pure, certain
      • (in philosophy) a concept of an ultimate, unconditional reality
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    • advice

      US /əd'vaɪs/

      UK /ədˈvaɪs/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Suggestion about what would help someone
      • Professional guidance from a lawyer or legal expert.
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    • aggressive

      US /əˈɡrɛsɪv/

      UK /əˈgresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
      • Behaving in a hostile and threatening way
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    • appear at

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be present in a specific place or event.
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    • bottom

      US /ˈbɑtəm/

      UK /'bɒtəm/

      • Noun
      • The part of your body you sit on
      • Lowest position, often in a company or contest
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit the lowest part of something
      • To provide with a bottom.
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    • calm

      US /kɑm/

      UK /kɑ:m/

      • Adjective
      • Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
      • Relaxed and not worried or angry
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make or become relaxed and not worried or angry
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    • calm down

      US /kɑm daʊn/

      UK /kɑ:m daun/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To make or become relaxed after being stressed
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    • charge

      US /tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To run quickly toward someone to attack them
      • To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An attack by running quickly toward someone
      • A price for a service or goods
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    • consistently

      US /kənˈsɪstəntlɪ/

      UK /kən'sɪstəntlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a manner that is the same almost every time
      • In every case or on every occasion; invariably
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    • curious

      US /ˈkjʊriəs/

      UK /ˈkjʊəriəs/

      • Adjective
      • Wanting to know more about something
      • Attracting interest by being strange or unusual
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    • description

      US /dɪˈskrɪpʃən/

      UK /dɪˈskrɪpʃn/

      • Noun
      • Explanation of what something is like, looks like
      • The type or nature of someone or something.
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    • dive

      US /daɪv/

      UK /daɪv/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
      • Rapid fall through air
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To swim deep under water with an air supply
      • To rapid fall through air
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    • dive in

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To jump into water headfirst.
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    • escape

      US /ɪˈskep/

      UK /ɪ'skeɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
      • The 'esc key' on a keyboard
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
      • To get away from a place where you are being kept
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    • excellent

      US /ˈɛksələnt/

      UK /ˈeksələnt/

      • Adjective
      • Extremely good
      • Very skilled; having great ability.
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    • expression

      US /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/

      UK /ɪk'spreʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
      • Group of words that have a specific meaning
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    • farewell

      US /fɛrˈwɛl/

      UK /ˈfɛəˈwel/

      • Noun
      • Act of saying goodbye and leaving
      • A gathering or event to mark someone's departure.
      • Interjection
      • Used to express good wishes on parting.
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    • feedback

      US /ˈfidˌbæk/

      UK /ˈfi:dbæk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
      • Information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To give information or opinions about something to someone, especially in order to improve it.
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    • first up

      US /fɚst ʌp/

      UK /fə:st ʌp/

      • Phrase
      • Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
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    • fluent

      US /'fluːənt/

      UK /ˈflu:ənt/

      • Adjective
      • Doing something well and with ease
      • Able to speak or write a language fully and easily
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
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    • grandmother

      US /ˈɡrændˌmʌðɚ, ˈɡræn-/

      UK /ˈgrænmʌðə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Your mother or father's mother
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    • impatient

      US /ɪmˈpeʃənt/

      UK /ɪmˈpeɪʃnt/

      • Adjective
      • Not wanting to wait; getting angry over problems
      • Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.
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    • in place of

      US /ɪn ples ʌv/

      UK /in pleis ɔv/

      • Phrase
      • Instead of; as a substitute for.
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    • informal

      US /ɪnˈfɔrməl/

      UK /inˈfɔ:məl/

      • Adjective
      • Casual; relaxed
      • Not official; not done by the rules
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    • informally

      US /ɪnˈfɔml:ɪ/

      UK /ɪn'fɔ:məlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a casual or relaxed way
      • Unofficially; not in the official way
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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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    • lead on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To encourage someone to believe something that is not true.
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    • leadership

      US /ˈli:dərʃɪp/

      UK /ˈli:dəʃɪp/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Quality of being able to guide or influence others
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    • look after

      US /lʊk ˈæftɚ/

      UK /luk ˈɑ:ftə/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take care of someone or something
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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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    • marathon

      US /'mærəθɑ:n/

      UK /'mærəθən/

      • Adjective
      • Lasting for a long time
      • Countable Noun
      • Running race that is run over a distance of 42km
      • A long-lasting event, often involving endurance or persistence.
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    • mention

      US /ˈmɛnʃən/

      UK /'menʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refer to or talk or write about something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of referring to or talking about something
      • A formal acknowledgement of something
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    • noticeable

      US /ˈnoʊtɪsəbl/

      UK /ˈnəʊtɪsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being easy or likely to be sensed or noticed
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    • notify

      US /ˈnotəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'nəʊtɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To inform; to communicate specific information
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    • operation

      US /ˌɑpəˈreʃən/

      UK /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Business or company, or its activities
      • Functioning; use
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • shah

      US /ʃɑ:/

      UK /ʃɑ:/

      • Proper Noun
      • Title given to the monarch of Iran
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    • stop working

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
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    • stress

      US / strɛs/

      UK /stres/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
      • To put pressure on something or someone
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
      • Pressure on something or someone
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    • take it easy

      US /tek ɪt ˈizi/

      UK /teik it ˈi:zi/

      • Phrase
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    • take it from me

      US /teɪk ɪt frəm mi/

      UK /teɪk ɪt frɒm mi:/

      • other
      • Trust me or believe what I say based on experience.
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    • take with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To accept or endure something, especially something unpleasant, as a necessary part of an experience.
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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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
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    • together with

      US /təˈɡɛðɚ wɪð/

      UK /təˈɡeðə wið/

      • Preposition
      • In addition to; along with.
      • Including; as well as.
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    • turn on

      US /tɚn ɑn/

      UK /tə:n ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To cause someone to be interested or excited
      • Transitive Verb
      • To activate or switch on a device or appliance.
      • To suddenly attack or criticize someone.
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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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    • weirdly

      US /wɪrdlɪ/

      UK /wɪədlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an odd or strange way
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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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    TAKE it Easy! Common English Collocations

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    Ever feel like you're not quite sure how to use 'take' in English? This super quick lesson breaks down 10 common collocations with 'take' that you'll use every single day, from taking a break to taking control! You'll boost your beginner fluency and sound more natural in no time.

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