Vocabulary

  • back up: To save a copy of your computer data
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • take for example: To use as an instance or illustration.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • in charge: To be responsible for
  • up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
  • go away: To go on vacation
  • think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
  • desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
  • average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
  • crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
  • strength: Condition of being strong
  • position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
  • automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
  • predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
  • state: Region within a country, with its own government
  • venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
  • federal: Consisting of several united states
  • simply: In an easy or clear manner
  • section: A part of a whole
  • charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
  • advance: Forward movement by an army
  • outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
  • drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
  • article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
  • element: Essential or particular part of something
  • era: Period characterized by particular events, people
  • crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
  • merchandise: Goods for sale
  • instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
  • bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
  • manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • claw: Long, sharp, and usually curved nail of an animal
  • information: Collection of facts and details about something
  • piece: A counter in a board game
  • transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
  • program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
  • chance: The way something happens without planning
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • enthusiast: A person having a strong liking for something
  • crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
  • rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
  • slot: A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
  • prohibit: To make something impossible
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
  • calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
  • graze: (Of cows, etc.) to eat grass growing in a field
  • crane: Water bird characterized by its long neck and legs
  • unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
  • gambling: Act of betting money on events
  • mole: Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
  • koala: Small tree-living Australian grey animal
  • joystick: Moveable manual control for computer games
  • horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock
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    • advance

      US /ædˈvæns/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ns/

      • Noun
      • Forward movement by an army
      • An attempt to seduce someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • (Of an army) to move forward
      • To change or improve
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    • article

      US /ˈɑrtɪkəl/

      UK /'ɑ:tɪkl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
      • Piece of writing about a particular subject
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    • automatically

      US /ˌɔtəˈmætɪkl:ɪ/

      UK /ˌɔ:tə'mætɪklɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a way not requiring control by a person
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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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    • back up

      US /bæk ʌp/

      UK /bæk ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To save a copy of your computer data
      • To confirm the truth of what someone says
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    • bear

      US /bɛr/

      UK /bɛː/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
      • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
      • Countable Noun
      • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
      • Someone who expects stock market to fall
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    • calculate

      US /ˈkælkjəˌlet/

      UK /'kælkjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To find an answer using mathematics
      • To make an educated guess about something
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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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    • classify

      US /ˈklæsəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'klæsɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrange things into groups of similar items
      • To keep some information secret from the public
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    • claw

      US /klɔ/

      UK /klɔ:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Long, sharp, and usually curved nail of an animal
      • A tool or part of a tool resembling an animal's claw, used for gripping or tearing.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To dig or pull with the nails or fingers
      • To grasp or seize something with or as if with claws.
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    • crackdown

      US /ˈkrækˌdaʊn/

      UK /ˈkrækdaʊn/

      • Noun
      • Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
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    • crane

      US /kren/

      UK /kreɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Water bird characterized by its long neck and legs
      • Tall machine that lifts heavy objects in the air
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To stretch (neck) or lean to get better view
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    • crime

      US /kraɪm/

      UK /kraɪm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
      • Act that is against the law; murder, theft etc.
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    • depression

      US /dɪˈprɛʃən/

      UK /dɪ'preʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Medical condition of a lack of vitality
      • Period of unemployment and low economic activity
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    • desperate

      US /ˈdɛspərɪt/

      UK /ˈdespərət/

      • Adjective
      • Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
      • State of urgently wanting to go to the toilet
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    • element

      US /ˈɛləmənt/

      UK /'elɪmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Essential or particular part of something
      • A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.
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    • enthusiast

      US /ɪnˈθu:ziæst/

      UK /ɪnˈθju:ziæst/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A person having a strong liking for something
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    • era

      US /'ɪrə/

      UK /'ɪərə/

      • Noun
      • Period characterized by particular events, people
      • A major division of geological time, usually divided into periods.
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    • federal

      US /ˈfɛdərəl, ˈfɛdrəl/

      UK /'fedərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Consisting of several united states
      • Relating to a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
      • Proper Noun
      • The central banking system of the United States.
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • gambling

      US /'ɡæmblɪŋ/

      UK /'ɡæmblɪŋ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Act of betting money on events
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To play games to win money
      • To take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
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    • go away

      US /ɡo əˈwe/

      UK /ɡəu əˈwei/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To go on vacation
      • To leave; depart.
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    • graze

      US /ɡrez/

      UK /ɡreɪz/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of cows, etc.) to eat grass growing in a field
      • To eat small amounts of food at frequent intervals.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To touch something lightly in passing
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    • horrify

      US /ˈhɔ:rɪfaɪ/

      UK /ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to feel horror or shock
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    • in charge

      US /ɪn tʃɑrdʒ/

      UK /in tʃɑ:dʒ/

      • Adverb
      • To be responsible for
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    • in the air

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
      • Felt or sensed by many people; circulating as a rumor or feeling.
      • Adjective
      • Being broadcast on radio or television.
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    • instruction

      US /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən/

      UK /ɪn'strʌkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A command for someone formally to do something
      • Act of teaching or explaining to others
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Information about how to do or use something
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    • joystick

      US /ˈdʒɔɪˌstɪk/

      UK /ˈdʒɔɪstɪk/

      • Countable Noun
      • Moveable manual control for computer games
      • A lever that can be moved in multiple directions to control a device, typically in video games.
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    • koala

      US /koʊˈɑ:lə/

      UK /kəʊˈɑ:lə/

      • Noun
      • Small tree-living Australian grey animal
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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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    • merchandise

      US /ˈmɜ:rtʃəndaɪs/

      UK /ˈmɜ:tʃəndaɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Goods for sale
      • Transitive Verb
      • To promote the sale of goods, especially by their presentation in retail outlets.
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    • mole

      US /mol/

      UK /məʊl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
      • Small natural dark spot on someone's skin
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    • out there

      US /aʊt ðɛr/

      UK /aut ðɛə/

      • Adverb
      • In or to a place that is far away
      • Existing in the universe
      • Adjective
      • Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
      • Existing or available.
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    • outcome

      US /ˈaʊtˌkʌm/

      UK /ˈaʊtkʌm/

      • Noun
      • Something that happens as a result, consequence
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    • precise

      US /prɪˈsaɪs/

      UK /prɪ'saɪs/

      • Adjective
      • (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
      • (Of a time, place, quality) exact
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    • predict

      US /prɪˈdɪkt/

      UK /prɪ'dɪkt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To guess or estimate what will or might happen
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    • prohibit

      US /proˈhɪbɪt/

      UK /prə'hɪbɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make something impossible
      • To prevent, forbid to use or do something
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    • relate

      US /rɪˈlet/

      UK /rɪ'leɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demonstrate a logical relationship between
      • To understand or sympathize with, e.g. a problem
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    • rig

      US /rɪɡ/

      UK /rɪɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
      • To fit out a ship with ropes and sails
      • Noun
      • Shape and number of sails on a ship
      • Structure that draws out oil from under the ground
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    • section

      US / ˈsɛkʃən/

      UK /'sekʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A part of a whole
      • Specific group of people from a larger group
      • Transitive Verb
      • To divide something into smaller parts
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    • slot

      US /slɑ:t/

      UK /slɒt/

      • Noun
      • A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put something in a small narrow opening
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    • spread

      US /sprɛd/

      UK /spred/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
      • The distance between two things
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To place over a large area; to cover a large area
      • (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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    • strength

      US /strɛŋkθ, strɛŋθ, strɛnθ/

      UK /streŋθ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Condition of being strong
      • The quality or state of being physically strong.
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    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
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    • take for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • To use as an instance or illustration.
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    • think on

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully before making a decision.
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    • transportation

      US /ˌtrænspɔ:rˈteɪʃn/

      UK /ˌtrænspɔ:ˈteɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of moving people or goods between places
      • A system or means of transport, especially public transport.
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    • unfair

      US /ˌʌnˈfer/

      UK /ˌʌnˈfeə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
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    • up against

      US /ʌp əˈɡenst/

      UK /ʌp əˈɡenst/

      • Phrase
      • Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
      • In close proximity or contact with something.
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    • venture

      US /ˈvɛntʃɚ/

      UK /'ventʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • (Business) activity involving calculated risks
      • A risky or daring journey or undertaking.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To risk something, such as money
      • To face the dangers, take the risk of something
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    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
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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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