Vocabulary

  • for too long: For an excessively extended period.
  • in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
  • in addition to: Besides; as well as
  • over time: Gradually; as time passes.
  • upper body: The part of the body above the waist, including the chest, back, shoulders, and arms.
  • recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
  • strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • neutral: Something with pH value of 7
  • passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
  • direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
  • impair: To damage or weaken something
  • slump: To sit, lean or fall down because tired or ill
  • posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
  • spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
  • hip: The upper part of Leg
  • damage: Physical harm that is done to something
  • load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
  • addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
  • prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
  • include: To make someone, something part of a group
  • discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
  • part: Division of a book
  • muscle: Physical power
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • weakness: Fault or bad quality preventing success
  • flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
  • long: Person's name
  • imbalance: A lack of equality so two things are not equal
  • video: Recording capturing action with sound
  • analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
  • call: A order or request for action
  • short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
  • antagonist: (Literature) someone who is an enemy or opponent
  • posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
  • number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
  • day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • disc: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data
  • sit: To take an exam
  • pelvic: Of the bone joining the hip to the back and legs
  • lumbar: Of the part of back between ribs and hipbones
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    • addition

      US /əˈdɪʃən/

      UK /əˈdɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of adding something; thing that is added
      • The process of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts
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    • analyst

      US /ˈænəlɪst/

      UK /ˈænəlɪst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
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    • antagonist

      US /ænˈtæɡənɪst/

      UK /ænˈtægənɪst/

      • Noun
      • (Literature) someone who is an enemy or opponent
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    • damage

      US /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      UK /ˈdæmɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Physical harm that is done to something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To harm physically; to hurt or break something
      • To harm the reputation of someone.
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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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    • disc

      US /dɪsk/

      UK /dɪsk/

      • Noun
      • Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data
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    • discomfort

      US /dɪsˈkʌmfərt/

      UK /dɪsˈkʌmfət/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feelings of being uncomfortable or uneasy
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    • flex

      US /flɛks/

      UK /fleks/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
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    • for too long

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • For an excessively extended period.
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    • hip

      US /hɪp/

      UK /hɪp/

      • Noun
      • The upper part of Leg
      • Adjective
      • Being stylish and popular
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    • imbalance

      US /ɪmˈbæləns/

      UK /ɪm'bæləns/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A lack of equality so two things are not equal
      • A condition in which different elements are not in the correct proportions, especially in the body.
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    • impair

      US /ɪmˈpɛr/

      UK /ɪm'peə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To damage or weaken something
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    • in addition to

      US /ɪn əˈdɪʃən tu/

      UK /in əˈdiʃən tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Besides; as well as
      • Phrase
      • Besides; as well as.
      • Furthermore; moreover.
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    • in time

      US /ɪn taɪm/

      UK /in taim/

      • Adverb
      • Eventually; after a period of time.
      • Not late; with enough time to spare.
      • Phrase
      • Eventually; before it is too late.
      • According to the scheduled time; punctual.
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    • joint

      US /dʒɔɪnt/

      UK /dʒɔɪnt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Body parts where bones meet and can move together
      • Point at which two things meet (e.g. a road)
      • Adjective
      • Shared; involving working together; in common
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    • load

      US /lod/

      UK /ləʊd/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
      • A burden; heavy responsibility
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put in items for use (e.g. bullets in a gun)
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    • lock

      US /lɑ:k/

      UK /lɒk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To become fixed in place and hard to move
      • To use a key, code so others can't open something
      • Countable Noun
      • Small portion of your hair that hangs together
      • Place on a door, etc. that you close with a key
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    • lumbar

      US /ˈlʌmbɚ, -ˌbɑr/

      UK /ˈlʌmbə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Of the part of back between ribs and hipbones
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    • muscle

      US /ˈmʌsəl/

      UK /'mʌsl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Physical power
      • Power or influence, especially of an economic or political kind.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use or muscles of force to get what you want
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    • neutral

      US /ˈnu:trəl/

      UK /ˈnju:trəl/

      • Adjective
      • Something with pH value of 7
      • Having no positive or negative electrical charge
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Color that is dull and not bright, such as gray
      • The rest position for gears in a car or vehicle
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    • over time

      US /ˈovɚ taɪm/

      UK /ˈəuvə taim/

      • Phrase
      • Gradually; as time passes.
      • During a long period.
      • Adverb
      • Gradually; as time passes.
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    • passive

      US /ˈpæsɪv/

      UK /ˈpæsɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
      • With sentence's subject being what verb acts on
      • Noun
      • A person who is passive; one who does not actively participate or resist.
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    • pelvic

      US /ˈpɛlvɪk/

      UK /'pelvɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of the bone joining the hip to the back and legs
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    • posterior

      US /pɑ:ˈstɪriə/

      UK /pɒˈstɪəriə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
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    • posture

      US /ˈpɑstʃɚ/

      UK /'pɒstʃə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
      • The position of the body when standing or sitting
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be insincere in order to gain favor
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    • pressure

      US /ˈprɛʃɚ/

      UK /'preʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Anxiety caused by difficult problems
      • Force, weight when pressing against a thing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply force to something
      • To persuade or force someone to do something
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    • prolong

      US /prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɑŋ/

      UK /prə'lɒŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make continue for a longer amount of time
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    • recognize

      US /ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz/

      UK /ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept the truth or reality of something
      • To consider something as important or special
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    • slump

      US /slʌmp/

      UK /slʌmp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To sit, lean or fall down because tired or ill
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sudden reduction in prices, profits or amounts
      • Time when an economy becomes less successful
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    • spine

      US /spaɪn/

      UK /spaɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Line of bones that runs down your back
      • The place the pages of a book are attached
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    • strain

      US /stren/

      UK /streɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove the water from (food) using a colander
      • To injure a muscle, leg etc. by using it too much
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Injury to a muscle, leg etc. through overuse
      • Type or variation of a disease or bacillus
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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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    • tight

      US /taɪt/

      UK /taɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Showing anxiety or anger; tense
      • Positioned physically close together
      • Adverb
      • Firmly; so it can't move
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    • upper

      US /ˈʌpɚ/

      UK /ˈʌpə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Drug that improves mood or increases energy
      • Something happy or encouraging
      • Adjective
      • Located above others of the same kind
      • Being the northern part of a region
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    • upper body

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • The part of the body above the waist, including the chest, back, shoulders, and arms.
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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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    • weakness

      US /ˈwiknɪs/

      UK /ˈwi:knəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Fault or bad quality preventing success
      • State, condition of not being powerful or strong
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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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