Vocabulary

  • rather than: More exactly; more correctly
  • in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
  • writer: Professional who writes books, articles etc.
  • open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
  • workable: (Plan or system) that can be used; practical
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • enjoy: To take pleasure in something
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • close: Almost; near
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
  • friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
  • family: Close group of people or organizations
  • watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
  • angry: Having a strong feeling of being upset
  • side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
  • heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
  • agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
  • war: Situation where armies fight each other
  • goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
  • lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
  • hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
  • traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
  • communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
  • reader: Easy and simple book to teach people to read
  • audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
  • style: The (tasteful) way something is designed or done
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
  • argue: To fight or disagree over something
  • defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
  • convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
  • discussion: Any long communication about a particular topic
  • primary: Most important, most basic or essential
  • solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • logical: Sensible; reasonable
  • establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
  • compromise: To weaken your position or views
  • summarize: To state the main or most important ideas
  • readily: In a quick and easy manner
  • thesis: Long paper presenting original research and ideas
  • dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
  • assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
  • emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
  • belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
  • emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
  • adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
  • effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
  • struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
  • statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
  • opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
  • accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
  • logic: Proper, valid sensible reasoning
  • empathize: To imagine or understand how others feel
  • stance: A position or opinion stated in public
  • declarative: Of or having the nature of a declaration
  • victorious: Having won
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    • accomplish

      US /əˈkɑmplɪʃ/

      UK /ə'kʌmplɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in doing; complete successfully
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    • adjust

      US /əˈdʒʌst/

      UK /əˈdʒʌst/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change; to attain a desired state or function
      • To change so as to fit in with new conditions
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    • argument

      US /ˈɑrɡjəmənt/

      UK /ˈɑ:gjumənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Discussion in which you disagree with someone
      • A presentation of reasons for or against an idea
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    • assume

      US /əˈsum/

      UK /ə'sju:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To act in a false manner to mislead others
      • To believe, based on the evidence; suppose
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    • audience

      US /ˈɔdiəns/

      UK /ˈɔ:diəns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
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    • communication

      US /kəˌmjunɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /kəˌmju:nɪ'keɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Talking to people; giving information to people
      • The process of conveying information, ideas, or feelings through language or other means.
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    • compromise

      US /ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz/

      UK /'kɒmprəmaɪz/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To weaken your position or views
      • To lessen your demands so as to reach agreement
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • When you lessen your demands to get agreement
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    • convince

      US /kənˈvɪns/

      UK /kən'vɪns/

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

      US /dɪˈklɛrətɪv, -ˈklær-/

      UK /dɪˈklærətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Of or having the nature of a declaration
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    • defeat

      US /dɪˈfit/

      UK /dɪ'fi:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To beat an enemy, team, disease
      • To prevent something from succeeding.
      • Noun
      • When you lose a fight, game or competition
      • The feeling of having been beaten.
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    • direct

      US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/

      UK /də'rekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
      • To show the way by conducting or leading
      • Adverb
      • Coming straight from something
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    • discussion

      US /dɪˈskʌʃən/

      UK /dɪˈskʌʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Any long communication about a particular topic
      • A detailed treatment of a topic in writing.
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    • dominate

      US /ˈdɑməˌnet/

      UK /'dɒmɪneɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
      • To control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in
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    • effectively

      US /ɪˈfɛktɪvli/

      UK /ɪˈfektɪvli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that produces the desired result
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    • emerge

      US /ɪˈmɚdʒ/

      UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To rise or appear out of some background
      • To become known or apparent.
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    • emotional

      US /ɪˈmoʃənəl/

      UK /ɪˈməʊʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
      • Relating to or characterized by emotion
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    • empathize

      US /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/

      UK /'empəθaɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To imagine or understand how others feel
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    • establish

      US /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      UK /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To set or create something to last for a long time
      • To use facts, evidence to show truth or clarity
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    • goal

      US /ɡol/

      UK /ɡəʊl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
      • (Sports) net into which you put a ball to score
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    • heat

      US /hit/

      UK /hi:t/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of anger, excitement, or arguing
      • Particular temperature at which to cook something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make hot or hotter
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    • in the end

      US /ɪn ði ɛnd/

      UK /in ðə end/

      • Phrase
      • Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
      • Ultimately; as the final result or consequence.
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    • logic

      US /ˈlɑ:dʒɪk/

      UK /ˈlɒdʒɪk/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Proper, valid sensible reasoning
      • Scientific study of reasoning
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    • logical

      US /ˈlɑdʒɪkəl/

      UK /ˈlɒdʒɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Sensible; reasonable
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    • opposition

      US /ˌɑ:pəˈzɪʃn/

      UK /ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
      • Group that you are fighting or competing against
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    • persuade

      US /pərˈsweɪd/

      UK /pəˈsweɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to make someone to do, believe something
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    • primary

      US /ˈpraɪˌmɛri, -məri/

      UK /'praɪmərɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Most important, most basic or essential
      • Happening first; earliest
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    • properly

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an appropriate or correct manner
      • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
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    • rather than

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • More exactly; more correctly
      • Preferably; instead
      • Preposition
      • Instead of
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    • readily

      US /ˈrɛdəli, ˈrɛdli/

      UK /ˈredɪli/

      • Adverb
      • In a quick and easy manner
      • In a quick and willing manner
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    • solution

      US /səˈluʃən/

      UK /səˈlu:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
      • Way to solve or deal with a problem
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    • stance

      US /stæns/

      UK /stæns/

      • Noun
      • A position or opinion stated in public
      • Position or way of standing
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    • statement

      US / ˈstetmənt/

      UK /ˈsteɪtmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Record of activity in a bank account over time
      • Act or process of saying something formally
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    • struggle

      US /ˈstrʌɡəl/

      UK /'strʌɡl/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To try very hard to do something difficult
      • To fight or struggle violently
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong efforts made to do something difficult
      • A difficult or challenging situation or task
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    • summarize

      US /ˈsʌməˌraɪz/

      UK /ˈsʌməraɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To state the main or most important ideas
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    • thesis

      US /ˈθisɪs/

      UK /ˈθi:sɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long paper presenting original research and ideas
      • A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
      B1
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    • traditional

      US /trəˈdɪʃənəl/

      UK /trəˈdɪʃənl/

      • Adjective
      • Involved in a custom or event common to a people
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    • victorious

      US /vɪkˈtɔriəs, -ˈtor-/

      UK /vɪkˈtɔ:riəs/

      • Adjective
      • Having won
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    • war

      US /wɔr/

      UK /wɔ:(r)/

      • Noun
      • Situation where armies fight each other
      A2
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    • workable

      US /ˈwɜ:rkəbl/

      UK /ˈwɜ:kəbl/

      • Adjective
      • (Plan or system) that can be used; practical
      • Able to be done with current means and resources
      A2
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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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