Vocabulary

  • in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
  • in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
  • at least: As a minimum
  • gain traction: To become popular or gain support.
  • share in: To participate in something; to have a part or interest in something.
  • for example: As an illustration or instance.
  • check out
  • tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
  • plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
  • revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
  • advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
  • exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
  • commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
  • lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
  • portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
  • abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
  • innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
  • court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
  • competition: Fighting against others to win something
  • dominant: The strongest; most powerful
  • explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
  • generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
  • regulate: To control something with rules or laws
  • comparison: Act of comparing things
  • rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
  • create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
  • standard: Official unit of measuring something
  • device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
  • dominance: Having more power, success than others
  • bust: To arrest people involved in crime
  • record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
  • commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
  • click: To work well with someone or something
  • monopoly: Complete market control for a service or product
  • supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
  • company: Good feeling from being with someone else
  • operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
  • order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • control: A device designed to operate a machine
  • system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
  • argue: To fight or disagree over something
  • expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
  • violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
  • mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
  • make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • traction: Force causing moving thing to stick, e.g. on roads
  • dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
  • complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
  • historical: Connected with the past
  • landmark: Event that marks a change or turning point
  • unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
  • pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
  • chrome: Shiny metal often found on car bumpers
  • yelp: (E.g. dogs) to cry out with a high-pitched bark
  • ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
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    • abuse

      US /əˈbjuz/

      UK /ə'bju:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
      • To use in an inappropriate or excessive way
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Improper/dishonest/excessive use of something
      • Insulting someone, e.g. by swearing at them
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    • advantage

      US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

      UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thing making the chance of success higher
      • A positive point about something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • bust

      US /bʌst/

      UK /bʌst/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arrest people involved in crime
      • To break something with force
      • Noun
      • A woman's chest or breasts
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    • ceo

      US

      UK

      • Abbreviation
      • CEO for Chief Operating Officer
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    • check out

      US /tʃɛk aʊt/

      UK /tʃek aut/

      • Phrase
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To find out information about something
      • To take books out of a library
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    • chrome

      US /krom/

      UK /krəʊm/

      • Noun
      • Shiny metal often found on car bumpers
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    • commission

      US /kəˈmɪʃən/

      UK /kə'mɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
      • An official role or title in the military
      • Transitive Verb
      • To hire someone, order work to be done for payment
      • To formally ask someone to create or produce something.
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    • commodity

      US /kəˈmɑdɪti/

      UK /kə'mɒdətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
      • A valuable quality or thing.
      • Adjective
      • Something that is treated as a simple object of trade or commerce, rather than valued for its intrinsic qualities.
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    • comparison

      US /kəmˈpærɪsən/

      UK /kəmˈpærɪsn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of comparing things
      • The quality or state of being similar or alike.
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    • competition

      US /ˌkɑmpɪˈtɪʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Fighting against others to win something
      • A situation in which people or organizations compete with each other for something that not everyone can have.
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    • complain

      US /kəmˈplen/

      UK /kəmˈpleɪn/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To say something is wrong and should be changed
      • To make a formal accusation or charge.
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    • court

      US /kɔrt, kort/

      UK /kɔ:t/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
      • To encourage dangerous behavior
      • Noun
      • Place king or queen meet people, makes laws etc.
      • Place where legal cases are decided
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    • device

      US /dɪˈvaɪs/

      UK /dɪˈvaɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
      • Method of doing something; a way
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    • dominance

      US /ˈdɑmənəns/

      UK /'dɒmɪnəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Having more power, success than others
      • Power and influence over others.
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    • dominant

      US /ˈdɑmənənt/

      UK /ˈdɒmɪnənt/

      • Adjective
      • The strongest; most powerful
      • Being the most common, significant or important
      • Noun
      • (Music) The fifth note of a scale.
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    • exclusive

      US /ɪkˈsklusɪv/

      UK /ɪk'sklu:sɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Being available only to people with a lot of money
      • Available to only a particular person, group
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    • expense

      US /ɪkˈspɛns/

      UK /ɪk'spens/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money you have to pay to do part of your job
      • Paying money for something (big)
      • Uncountable Noun
      • When resources e.g. time is used to do something
      • Expenditure of resources; spending
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    • for example

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As an illustration or instance.
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    • gain traction

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become popular or gain support.
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    • generate

      US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/

      UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To create or be produced or bring into existence
      • To create electricity, heat, energy and power
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    • historical

      US /hɪˈstɔrɪkəl,-ˈstɑr-/

      UK /hɪˈstɒrɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Connected with the past
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    • in other words

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
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    • in trouble

      US /ɪn ˈtrʌbəl/

      UK /in ˈtrʌbl/

      • Adjective
      • Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
      • other
      • In serious trouble or difficulty.
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    • innovation

      US /ˌɪnəˈveʃən/

      UK /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Process of creating new ideas or inventions
      • A new thing or method that is introduced.
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    • lack

      US /læk/

      UK /læk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To not have, or not have enough, of something
      • Uncountable Noun
      • The state of not having or not having enough of
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    • landmark

      US /ˈlændmɑ:rk/

      UK /ˈlændmɑ:k/

      • Noun
      • Event that marks a change or turning point
      • Easily recognizable structure that is easy to see
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    • mobile

      US /ˈmoʊbl/

      UK /'məʊbaɪl/

      • Adjective
      • Able to be moved or able to move
      • Able to move easily from one job, place, or social class to another.
      • Countable Noun
      • Personal phone you take with you wherever you go
      • A decorative structure that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air.
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    • monopoly

      US /məˈnɑpəli/

      UK /mə'nɒpəlɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Complete market control for a service or product
      • A board game in which players try to gain monopolies on properties as their opponents are forced to pay them rent.
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    • plenty

      US /ˈplɛnti/

      UK /'plentɪ/

      • Pronoun
      • When there is not too little of something; a lot
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A large or sufficient amount or quantity; abundance.
      • A lot of something
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    • portion

      US /ˈpɔrʃən, ˈpor-/

      UK /'pɔ:ʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Serving of food that is intended for one person
      • Part of something shared that belongs to a whole
      • Transitive Verb
      • To separate something to divide among people
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    • pre

      US

      UK

      • Prefix
      • A prefix meaning 'before'
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    • regulate

      US /ˈrɛɡjəˌlet/

      UK /ˈregjuleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To control something with rules or laws
      • To set/adjust (a clock, etc.); restrict motion in
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    • revenue

      US /ˈrevənju/

      UK /'revənju:/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money that is made by or paid to a business
      • Money a government collects from its people
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    • rival

      US /'raɪvl/

      UK /'raɪvl/

      • Adjective
      • Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
      • Opposing; being the team you compete against
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To be nearly as good as others in quality, skill
      • To be in opposition often as competitors
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    • roughly

      US /ˈrʌflɪ/

      UK /ˈrʌfli/

      • Adverb
      • Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
      • In a manner that is violent or not careful
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    • share in

      US /ʃɛr ɪn/

      UK /ʃɛə in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To participate in something; to have a part or interest in something.
      • To receive a portion of something, such as profits or losses.
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    • standard

      US /ˈstændəd/

      UK /'stændəd/

      • Noun
      • Official unit of measuring something
      • Principle of behaving in a moral way
      • Adjective
      • Being the accepted normal level of quality
      • (Of a language) being the most accepted in a place
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    • supreme

      US /sʊˈprim/

      UK /su:ˈpri:m/

      • Adjective
      • Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
      • Holding the highest power, status or authority
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    • traction

      US /ˈtrækʃən/

      UK /ˈtrækʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Force causing moving thing to stick, e.g. on roads
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    • tricky

      US /ˈtrɪki/

      UK /'trɪkɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
      • Likely to use tricks; dishonest or deceptive
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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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    • violate

      US /ˈvaɪəˌlet/

      UK /ˈvaɪəleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To abuse, damage or disrespect
      • To break rules or laws; disregard important rights
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    • yelp

      US /jelp/

      UK /jelp/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (E.g. dogs) to cry out with a high-pitched bark
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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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