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  • in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
  • in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
  • at hand: Close by; readily available.
  • such as: For example; like
  • outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
  • break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
  • sheer size: The impressive or intimidating magnitude of something.
  • deal with
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • small: Little in size; not big
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • bad: Not good; wrong
  • tomorrow: The time that is to come; the future
  • easy: Not hard to do; not difficult
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • live: To be alive
  • hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • part: Division of a book
  • pleasant: Causing a good feeling
  • comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • size: How big or small a thing is
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
  • avoid: To prevent from happening
  • unpleasant: Causing a bad feeling in people
  • result: Something produced through tests or experiments
  • indefinitely: Without limit or end
  • sum: Amount when all is added together; total
  • disability: Condition limiting your ability to do something
  • realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
  • beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
  • confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
  • zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
  • deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
  • condition: To improve something to make it better
  • suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
  • rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
  • task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
  • distracted: To draw someone's attention away from something
  • sword: A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
  • comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
  • energetic: Possessing, exerting or displaying energy
  • mere: Just enough of something
  • determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
  • existence: State of being present, alive or real
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
  • sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
  • prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
  • surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
  • procrastination: Act of putting off something you ought to do
  • intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
  • procrastinate: To delay doing something that you ought to do
  • debilitate: (Formal) to weaken
  • entirety: State of being complete
  • daunt: To make someone feel less courageous or confident
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    • accomplish

      US /əˈkɑmplɪʃ/

      UK /ə'kʌmplɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in doing; complete successfully
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    • at hand

      US /æt hænd/

      UK /æt hænd/

      • Phrase
      • Close by; readily available.
      • About to happen; imminent.
      • Adjective
      • Nearby; easily available
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    • avoid

      US /əˈvɔɪd/

      UK /ə'vɔɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To prevent from happening
      • To stay away from
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    • beat

      US /bit/

      UK /bi:t/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move in regular motions in order to push blood
      • Transitive Verb
      • To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
      • To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
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    • break it down

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
      • To explain something in a detailed and understandable way.
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    • comfort

      US /ˈkʌmfət/

      UK /'kʌmfət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To try to make distressed person feel better
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Acts or words that reduce pain or sadness
      • State of being relaxed, warm or happy
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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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    • condition

      US /kənˈdɪʃən/

      UK /kənˈdɪʃn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To improve something to make it better
      • To cause to behave automatically in a certain way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Disease or other medical problem
      • The state of living you are in, e.g. good health
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    • confident

      US /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/

      UK /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling that you can do well at something
      • Having a strong belief in the truth or certainty of something.
      • Noun
      • A person who is self-assured and believes in their abilities.
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    • daunt

      US /dɔnt, dɑnt/

      UK /dɔ:nt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel less courageous or confident
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    • deal with

      US /dil wɪð/

      UK /di:l wið/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To buy or sell goods or services.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To take action to solve a problem or manage a situation.
      • To be about; concern.
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    • determine

      US /dɪˈtɚmɪn/

      UK /dɪ'tɜ:mɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To control exactly how something will be or act
      • To establish the facts about; discover
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    • disability

      US /ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪti/

      UK /ˌdɪsə'bɪlətɪ/

      • Noun
      • Condition limiting your ability to do something
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    • distracted

      US /dɪˈstræktɪd/

      UK /dɪˈstræktɪd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To draw someone's attention away from something
      • Adjective
      • Having your attention taken away from something
      • Unable to concentrate because one is worried or thinking about something else
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    • energetic

      US /ˌɛnɚˈdʒɛtɪk/

      UK /ˌenəˈdʒetɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Possessing, exerting or displaying energy
      • Having or showing enthusiasm and determination.
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    • entirety

      US /ɛnˈtaɪrɪti, -ˈtaɪrti/

      UK /ɪnˈtaɪərəti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being complete
      • A form of joint ownership of property by a husband and wife, in which both have an equal, undivided interest in the whole property.
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    • existence

      US /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/

      UK /ɪɡ'zɪstəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being present, alive or real
      • A way of living; the manner in which someone lives.
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    • in fact

      US /ɪn fækt/

      UK /in fækt/

      • Adverb
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
      • Used to introduce a more detailed or surprising piece of information.
      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that is surprising or contrary to what might be expected.
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    • in the first place

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
      • From the beginning; initially.
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    • indefinitely

      US /ɪnˈdefɪnətli/

      UK /ɪnˈdefɪnətli/

      • Adverb
      • Without limit or end
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    • intimidate

      US /ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdet/

      UK /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone feel afraid
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    • mere

      US /mɪr/

      UK /mɪə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Just enough of something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A lake or pond.
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    • outside of

      US /aʊtˈsaɪd ʌv/

      UK /ˌautˈsaid ɔv/

      • Preposition
      • Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
      • Beyond the scope, range, or limits of something.
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    • pleasant

      US /ˈplɛzənt/

      UK /'pleznt/

      • Adjective
      • Causing a good feeling
      • Having an agreeable or attractive personality.
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    • procrastinate

      US /proˈkræstəˌnet, prə-/

      UK /prəʊ'kræstɪneɪt/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To delay doing something that you ought to do
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    • procrastination

      US /proʊˌkræstɪ'neɪʃn/

      UK /prəʊˌkræstɪ'neɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of putting off something you ought to do
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    • prone

      US /proʊn/

      UK /prəʊn/

      • Adjective
      • Lying flat with your head facing the ground
      • Likely to have, do or be (usually something bad)
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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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    • rid

      US /rɪd/

      UK /rɪd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
      • Adjective
      • Freed or delivered from something.
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    • sheer

      US /ʃɪr/

      UK /ʃɪə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To suddenly turn or change direction
      • Adverb
      • Straight up and down; steeply
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    • sheer size

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • The impressive or intimidating magnitude of something.
      • Phrase
      • The extensive or considerable scale of something.
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    • such as

      US /sʌtʃ æz/

      UK /sʌtʃ æz/

      • Preposition
      • For example; like
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    • suffer

      US / ˈsʌfɚ/

      UK /'sʌfə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To experience pain, illness, or injury
      • To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
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    • sum

      US /sʌm/

      UK /sʌm/

      • Noun
      • Amount when all is added together; total
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add two or more numbers together; total
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    • surpass

      US /sɚˈpæs/

      UK /sə'pɑ:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To go beyond or achieve more than someone
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    • sword

      US /sɔrd/

      UK /sɔ:d/

      • Countable Noun
      • A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
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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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    • unpleasant

      US /ʌnˈplɛzənt/

      UK /ʌnˈpleznt/

      • Adjective
      • Causing a bad feeling in people
      • Disagreeable or offensive in behavior or manner.
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    • video

      US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

      UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Recording capturing action with sound
      • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a moving film of, with sound
      • To make a video call.
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    • zone

      US /zoʊn/

      UK /zəʊn/

      • Noun
      • Area of space designated for a particular use
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide an area for a particular reason
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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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