Vocabulary

  • aside from
  • in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
  • in gear: With a vehicle's gears engaged, ready to move.
  • take offense: To feel resentful or upset as a result of something.
  • poke around: To search or look for something, often in a casual or aimless way.
  • cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
  • mental: Concerning the mind
  • tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
  • tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
  • experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
  • develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
  • conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
  • emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
  • measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
  • neutral: Something with pH value of 7
  • sarcastic: Being rude and critical
  • jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
  • overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
  • theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
  • brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
  • gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
  • reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
  • remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
  • behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • require: To demand that someone does something
  • decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
  • polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
  • literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
  • intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
  • recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
  • sarcasm: Harsh or cutting remark
  • facilitate: To make an action or process easier
  • participant: Person involved or included in something
  • autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
  • randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
  • poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
  • totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
  • activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
  • punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
  • assign: To give someone a particular job to do
  • language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
  • contradiction: Saying or showing something is not so
  • pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
  • offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
  • popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
  • interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
  • think: To have an idea about something without certainty
  • wit: Ability to make clever jokes and remarks quickly
  • decode: To translate from code into the plain text
  • twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
  • abstraction: Concept or idea related to something not physical
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    • abstract

      US /ˈæbˌstrækt/

      UK /'æbstrækt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Passage of text from an article or book
      • Something that doesn't exist physically
      • Adjective
      • Concerning something that doesn't exist physically
      • Relating to abstract art.
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    • abstraction

      US /æbˈstrækʃən, əb-/

      UK /æbˈstrækʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Concept or idea related to something not physical
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    • activate

      US /ˈæktəˌvet/

      UK /ˈæktɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
      • To make something start working
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    • aside from

      US /əˈsaɪd frʌm/

      UK /əˈsaid frɔm/

      • Phrase
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    • assign

      US /əˈsaɪn/

      UK /ə'saɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give someone a particular job to do
      • To give someone credit or blame for something
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    • autism

      US /ˈɔˌtɪzəm/

      UK /ˈɔ:tɪzəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Disorder that prevents normal communication
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    • cognitive

      US /ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈkɒgnətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • The process of knowing and remembering
      • Relating to the ability to think and reason.
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    • contradiction

      US /ˌkɑ:ntrəˈdɪkʃn/

      UK /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Saying or showing something is not so
      • A statement that is the opposite of another statement.
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    • conversation

      US /ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Talking with other people; discussion or chat
      • General communication or interaction.
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    • decode

      US /ˌdi:ˈkoʊd/

      UK /ˌdi:ˈkəʊd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To translate from code into the plain text
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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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    • experiment

      US /ɪkˈspɛrəmənt/

      UK /ɪk'sperɪmənt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
      • A course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the eventual outcome.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To create and perform tests to research something
      • To try something new that you haven't tried before
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    • facilitate

      US /fəˈsɪlɪˌtet/

      UK /fə'sɪlɪteɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make an action or process easier
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    • gear

      US /ɡɪr/

      UK /ɡɪə(r)/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To aim at or prepare yourself for something
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A speed selector connected to an engine
      • Special clothes you use for a purpose
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    • in gear

      US /ɪn ɡɪr/

      UK /in ɡiə/

      • Phrase
      • With a vehicle's gears engaged, ready to move.
      • Adjective
      • Operating efficiently and effectively; prepared and ready.
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    • in turn

      US

      UK

      • Adverb
      • One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
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    • intelligent

      US /ɪnˈtɛlədʒənt/

      UK /ɪnˈtelɪdʒənt/

      • Adjective
      • Smart; able to think and reason
      • Having a good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend.
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    • jerk

      US /dʒɚk/

      UK /dʒɜ:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Someone you think is an idiot
      • Sudden sharp movement; tug
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move suddenly and violently; tug
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    • literal

      US /ˈlɪtərəl/

      UK /ˈlɪtərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
      • Being real and true and without exaggerating
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    • mental

      US /ˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning the mind
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    • mock

      US /mɑk/

      UK /mɒk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
      • Adjective
      • Not genuine or real, but attempting to appear so
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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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    • offense

      US /əˈfɛns/

      UK /əˈfens/

      • Noun
      • Attempt to score in a game or match
      • Breaking of a rule or law
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    • overcome

      US /ˌovɚˈkʌm/

      UK /ˌəʊvə'kʌm/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
      • Participle
      • Past participle of overcome; to have successfully dealt with or controlled a problem or feeling.
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    • participant

      US /pɑrˈtɪsəpənt/

      UK /pɑ:ˈtɪsɪpənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Person involved or included in something
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    • poke

      US /pok/

      UK /pəʊk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a push, thrust, or jab
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    • poke around

      US /pok əˈraʊnd/

      UK /pəuk əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To search or look for something, often in a casual or aimless way.
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    • polite

      US /pəˈlaɪt/

      UK /pəˈlaɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Showing good manners or respect for other people
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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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    • punch

      US /pʌntʃ/

      UK /pʌntʃ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit something very hard with a closed hand
      • To make a hole in something with a special tool
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    • randomly

      US /'rændəmlɪ/

      UK /'rændəmlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
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    • reach

      US /ritʃ/

      UK /ri:tʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
      • To be long enough to get to a certain place
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Power or control someone has over something
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    • recipient

      US /rɪˈsɪpiənt/

      UK /rɪ'sɪpɪənt/

      • Noun
      • Someone who gets or receives something
      • Adjective
      • Receiving or capable of receiving.
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    • recommend

      US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/

      UK /ˌrekə'mend/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To advise or suggest that someone do something
      • To endorse or support something publicly.
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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
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    • remain

      US /rɪˈmen/

      UK /rɪˈmeɪn/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To be left behind; to continue to exist
      • To stay in a place when other people have gone
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    • require

      US /rɪˈkwaɪr/

      UK /rɪ'kwaɪə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To demand that someone does something
      • To need to do something, to make it necessary
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    • sarcasm

      US /ˈsɑrˌkæzəm/

      UK /ˈsɑ:kæzəm/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Harsh or cutting remark
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    • sarcastic

      US /sɑrˈkæstɪk/

      UK /sɑ:ˈkæstɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Being rude and critical
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    • simulate

      US /ˈsɪmjəˌlet/

      UK /'sɪmjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To copy something or look or behave like it
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    • tackle

      US /ˈtækəl/

      UK /'tækl/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To start working on a difficult problem
      • To grab and throw a person to the ground
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Equipment used in fishing
      • Arrangement of ropes and wheels used for lifting
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    • take offense

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To feel resentful or upset as a result of something.
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    • theory

      US /ˈθiəri, ˈθɪri/

      UK /ˈθiəri/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
      • An idea or belief about something
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    • tough

      US /tʌf/

      UK /tʌf/

      • Adjective
      • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
      • Very difficult to do or deal with
      • Noun
      • A rough and aggressive person.
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    • twitter

      US /ˈtwɪtɚ/

      UK /ˈtwɪtə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
      • Proper Noun
      • An online messaging system
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    • wit

      US /wɪt/

      UK /wɪt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Ability to make clever jokes and remarks quickly
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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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