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Vocabulary

  • store credit: Credit that can only be used at a specific store.
  • pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
  • in circulation: Available and being used by the public.
  • rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
  • sink in: (Of an idea) to slowly be understood or felt
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • make up: To invent or create a story
  • out there: In or to a place that is far away
  • paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
  • the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
  • specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
  • episode: One separate event in a series of events
  • assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
  • matter: To be of great importance; to count
  • journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
  • common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
  • reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
  • debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
  • accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
  • benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
  • purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
  • huge: Very very large
  • retail: Business of selling products to the public
  • extra: More than necessary; additional
  • crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
  • pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
  • rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
  • sink: To push something down into the ground
  • interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
  • commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
  • circulation: Movement of blood through the body
  • assign: To give someone a particular job to do
  • sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
  • lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
  • person: Man, woman or child
  • minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
  • type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • live: To be alive
  • outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
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    • accumulate

      US /əˈkjumjəˌlet/

      UK /əˈkju:mjəleɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
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    • application

      US /ˌæplɪˈkeʃən/

      UK /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Software program, e.g. for smart phone
      • Process of spreading a substance over a surface
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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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    • assume

      US /əˈsum/

      UK /ə'sju:m/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To act in a false manner to mislead others
      • To believe, based on the evidence; suppose
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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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    • benefit

      US /ˈbɛnəfɪt/

      UK /'benɪfɪt/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Good result or effect, something advantageous
      • A payment made by the state or an insurance policy to someone
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To have a good effect or be helpful
      • To receive an advantage; to be helped
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    • circulation

      US /ˌsɚkjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌsɜ:kjəˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Movement of blood through the body
      • Repeatedly passing items from one person to others
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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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    • crew

      US /kru/

      UK /kru:/

      • Countable Noun
      • Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
      • Skilled group of people working together on a task
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To work as part of a crew.
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    • debt

      US /dɛt/

      UK /det/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
      • A moral or social obligation.
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    • emergency

      US /ɪˈmɚdʒənsi/

      UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒənsɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Sudden event needing an immediate action
      • A medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy.
      • Adjective
      • Used in an emergency; for use when something dangerous happens.
      • Designed for use in an emergency.
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    • episode

      US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/

      UK /'epɪsəʊd/

      • Noun
      • One separate event in a series of events
      • Show which is part of a larger story
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    • extra

      US /'ekstrə/

      UK /'ekstrə/

      • Adjective
      • More than necessary; additional
      • Of especially good quality or grade.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Items more than you need; additional items
      • Person who has a small part in a movie
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    • float

      US /floʊt/

      UK /fləʊt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To sell the shares of a company publicly
      • To move slowly and easily through air
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Object designed to stay on the surface of water
      • Decorated truck used in a festival
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    • huge

      US /hjudʒ/

      UK /hju:dʒ/

      • Adjective
      • Very very large
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    • in circulation

      US /ɪn ˌsɚkjəˈleʃən/

      UK /in ˌsə:kjuˈleiʃən/

      • Adjective
      • Available and being used by the public.
      • Being passed from person to person.
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    • journey

      US /ˈdʒɚni/

      UK /'dʒɜ:nɪ/

      • Noun
      • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To travel through a place
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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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    • make up

      US /mek ʌp/

      UK /meik ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To invent or create a story
      • To add up to
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To invent a story, excuse, etc.
      • To compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient.
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    • minimum

      US /ˈmɪnəməm/

      UK /ˈmɪnɪməm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
      • The lowest recorded or expected temperature.
      • Adjective
      • Smallest or lowest; the least possible.
      • Using or requiring the least possible resources.
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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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    • outstanding

      US /aʊtˈstændɪŋ, ˈaʊtˌstæn-/

      UK /aʊtˈstændɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Being better/distinct from others; specially good
      B1TOEIC
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    • pay off

      US /pe ɔf/

      UK /pei ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To give money to get person to do something; bribe
      • To give money to settle a debt
      • Transitive Verb
      • To bribe someone.
      • To pay a debt in full.
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    • paying off

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To give money to get person to do something; bribe
      • To give money to settle a debt
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To bribe someone.
      • To result in success; to be worthwhile.
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    • purchase

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To buy something; to get by paying money for it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that you bought
      • Strong hold on something; grip
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    • rate it

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
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    • reality

      US /riˈælɪti/

      UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
      • The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
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    • retail

      US /ˈriˌtel/

      UK /'ri:teɪl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Business of selling products to the public
      • Adverb
      • Bought or sold in a store or shop
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    • sink

      US /sɪŋk/

      UK /sɪŋk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To push something down into the ground
      • To dig (a well)
      • Countable Noun
      • Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
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    • sink in

      US /sɪŋk ɪn/

      UK /siŋk in/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • (Of an idea) to slowly be understood or felt
      • To penetrate a surface.
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    • specific

      US /spɪˈsɪfɪk/

      UK /spəˈsɪfɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Precise; particular; just about that thing
      • Concerning one particular thing or kind of thing
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    • store credit

      US

      UK

      • Noun
      • Credit that can only be used at a specific store.
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    • the bottom line

      US /ði ˈbɑtəm laɪn/

      UK /ðə ˈbɔtəm lain/

      • Noun
      • The most important thing; the essential point.
      • The net income or profit of a company.
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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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    Ever wondered about the real deal with credit cards? This video spills the tea on store credit cards and how interest can really add up, using Macy's and Kohl's as examples! You'll pick up practical personal finance vocabulary and learn some straight talk that's super useful for everyday life.

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