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How to Build a World-Class Network | Tim Ferriss & Dr. Andrew Huberman

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point

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  • noun
  • An item to be discussed
  • Small spot or dot
  • Fact or detail
  • Feature of something
  • The size of the text on a page or screen
  • A certain time or stage in a process
  • Certain position in time or space
  • Idea or fact you try to convince people about
  • Measurement of scores in a game, sport
  • Sharp end of something, e.g. a pen or pin
  • verb
  • To face a certain direction, e.g. north
  • To indicate something with your finger to others

strike

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  • noun
  • A punch or hit
  • Fact of not hitting the ball when playing baseball
  • Refusal to work to get more pay, protest something
  • verb
  • To hit something
  • To suddenly become (e.g. rich)
  • To have an idea occur to you

sure

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  • adjecitve
  • Having no doubts about something
  • Have confidence in your own words or actions
  • Firmly established or held; being firm or stable
  • Being correct or true
  • adverb
  • What you say to agree willingly

skill

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  • noun
  • Ability to do something well

valley

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  • noun
  • Area between mountains with river running through

gym

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  • noun
  • Physical education taught as a class in school
  • Building used for physical activities or sports

hockey

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  • noun
  • Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball

realm

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  • noun
  • Area ruled by a king or queen
  • Field of knowledge or thought

sort

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  • noun
  • Group or class of similar things or people
  • verb
  • To organize things by putting them into groups
  • To deal with things in an organized way

should

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  • other
  • Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable

area

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  • noun
  • Amount of measured space
  • A specific section or space; part of a region
  • A subject or field of study

listen

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  • verb
  • To carefully consider what someone is saying

snowball

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  • noun
  • Ball of snow you throw at each other
  • verb
  • To increase dramatically in number or degree

usual

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  • adjecitve
  • Being the way things occur most of the time

too

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  • adverb
  • In addition, also; with emphasis
  • Say that something is more than you want

totally

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  • adverb
  • In a complete way; completely; absolutely

actually

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  • adverb
  • Used to add new (often different) information

garbage

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  • noun
  • Waste material that has been thrown out

folk

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  • adjecitve
  • (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
  • noun
  • Ordinary common people

write

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  • verb
  • To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • To invent or create a computer program
  • To create a song or piece of music

use

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  • noun
  • Ability to employ something
  • Need to enable it to work
  • Permission to do something with something
  • Act of spending money
  • Operation of a machine for its function
  • verb
  • To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
  • To need to operate or work
  • To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
  • To treat a person badly
  • To do something with, for a task or purpose

walk

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  • noun
  • Journey on foot done for pleasure or exercise
  • verb
  • To move with your legs at a slowish pace

stick

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  • noun
  • Long thin piece of wood from a tree
  • verb
  • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • To join together using glue or paste
  • To remain in one place or position for a long time

badge

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  • noun
  • Material with a pin to show membership in a group

among

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  • preposition
  • In the center of several things

here

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

genuine

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  • adjecitve
  • Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
  • Being sincere in your actions or character

metaphor

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  • noun
  • Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity

explain

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  • verb
  • To make clear or easy to understand by describing

ever

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  • adverb
  • At any time; at all times in the future

always

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  • adverb
  • For a very long time
  • At all times; in every situation
  • For ever

after

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  • adverb
  • Later than another time, or behind something
  • conjunction
  • Following something before
  • preposition
  • When an event happened or time has passed

guess

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  • noun
  • Answer given when you don't know if it is correct
  • verb
  • To give an answer without knowing if it is correct

mode

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  • noun
  • Fashion and design
  • Status or way of functioning

many

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer a large number of things

will

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  • noun
  • Desire or choice of someone
  • Document saying who gets your money when you die
  • Strong desire to do something; determination
  • Desire to do something; strong wish to do
  • other
  • Used with verbs to express the future
  • verb
  • To leave property to someone after your death
  • To use mental effort to make something happen
  • Am (is, are) likely to do
  • To influence someone to do something
  • To make something happen by strongly wanting it

thousand

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  • number
  • Number 1,000

consider

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  • verb
  • To think carefully about something

pokemon

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  • noun
  • A series of Japanese video games and related media such as trading cards and television programs, fe

someone

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  • pronoun
  • Person who is not known or named

true

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  • adjecitve
  • Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual

straight

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  • adjecitve
  • Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • Not gay; heterosexual
  • honest and direct
  • adverb
  • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly

four

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  • number
  • 4

interact

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  • verb
  • To talk or do things with each other

million

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  • number
  • 1,000,000

probably

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  • adverb
  • That is likely to happen or be true

nutritional

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  • adjecitve
  • (Of foods) having positive effects on your health

traffic

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  • noun
  • The cars or vehicles on the road
  • Amount of activity over a communication system

bronze

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  • noun
  • Having a yellowish olive-brown color
  • Alloy of tin and copper with a dark tan color

along

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  • adverb
  • As a companion; taken with someone
  • preposition
  • At a point on a line

clubhouse

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  • noun
  • Building that is occupied by a social club

canfield

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  • other
  • A form of solitaire that involves gambling

from

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  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

invite

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  • noun
  • An invitation
  • verb
  • To ask someone to go somewhere or do something

out

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  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

over

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  • adverb
  • Finished; no longer happening
  • Towards the ground/away from a standing position
  • noun
  • A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
  • other
  • Finished
  • preposition
  • Showing the relation when a thing is above another
  • On or covering something
  • Above or across something
  • More than you need
  • From one side to the other
  • In the direction of; toward

and

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  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

base

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  • noun
  • Place military personnel live, train, and operate
  • Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
  • Unit of counting, e.g. 10 for counting
  • Most important idea or ingredient to add others
  • Origin or start from which something came
  • Main place where an organization or a person works
  • verb
  • To use as the starting point or origin for
  • To have as the main location for (company, etc.)

back

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  • adjecitve
  • Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • adverb
  • Have returned to a place you were before
  • noun
  • The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
  • Location at the rear of something
  • The reverse of side something
  • Area on the rear of your body
  • verb
  • To bet money on something
  • To go backwards in a car
  • To support and encourage someone or some cause

certainly

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  • adverb
  • Sure; of course

guy

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  • noun
  • Man; boy; any person

hopefully

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  • adverb
  • In a manner wishing something to happen

day

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  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

develop

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  • verb
  • To explain something in steps and in detail
  • To create or think of something
  • To grow bigger, more complex, or more advanced
  • To make a photograph from film

agent

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  • noun
  • Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
  • Person who represents or decides for others
  • A spy; someone who spies on other countries

tie

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  • noun
  • Item, such as string or wire, used to join things
  • Strong connection between people, countries
  • When both sides in a game, vote get same score
  • One match or game that is part of a bigger contest
  • Something that lessens a person's freedom
  • Thin piece of cloth worn round neck of shirt
  • Piece of wood/metal used to stop something moving
  • verb
  • To attach things (together) with a string or rope
  • To end a game, contest or vote with the same score
  • To require someone to be in a specific place

take

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  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

hoya

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  • other
  • Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers

staff

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  • noun
  • Employees of a company
  • Long stick that a person uses to help them walk
  • verb
  • To hire workers for a business

space

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  • noun
  • Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • Empty area with nothing in it
  • Area in the sky where the stars are
  • Area between written words on a page
  • verb
  • To make a certain distance or time between

liability

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  • noun
  • Something that is owed to someone else, e.g. debt
  • Person, thing that causes problems for someone

approach

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  • noun
  • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
  • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
  • Specific way to handle a project, task, problem
  • verb
  • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • To request someone to do something specific

both

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time
  • pronoun
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time

main

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  • adjecitve
  • Most important; most often used

possible

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  • adjecitve
  • Being able or appropriate for a task or purpose
  • Having a chance of happening, or being true

introduce

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  • verb
  • To open an essay to set the scene
  • To guide or explain something, e.g. a town
  • To begin the use of a new thing or practice
  • To make someone known to another by name
  • To insert or put something inside another thing

fickle

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  • adjecitve
  • Liable to sudden unpredictable change

arbitrage

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  • noun
  • Buying a commodity, gold etc. to sell it quickly

bleakness

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  • noun
  • Colorlessness or hopelessness

work

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  • adjecitve
  • Activity completed in order to make money
  • noun
  • The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • Everything created by an author, artist, musician
  • Activity you do in order to make money
  • Place of employment
  • Final product or result of a some labor or effort
  • verb
  • To bring into a specific state of success
  • To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
  • To do your job in your company or workplace
  • To make an effort to do something
  • To operate a machine or device

option

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  • noun
  • A choice
  • Right to buy or sell at a certain price and time

build

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  • noun
  • Your physical shape; physique
  • verb
  • To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
  • To construct a house, office, factory

standpoint

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  • noun
  • Mental position from which things are viewed

speaker

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  • noun
  • Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
  • Person who makes a speech before a group

thank

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  • verb
  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

personalize

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  • verb
  • To make personal or more personal

pay

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  • noun
  • Money you receive from your job, work, etc.
  • verb
  • To give money for goods or work done
  • To give (attention, respect, etc.) to
  • To be punished or suffer for something you did
  • To make (a visit) to a person or place

nice

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  • adjecitve
  • Being attractive or of high quality or value
  • Good or enjoyable
  • Being kind or friendly

look

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  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem

human

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning or characteristic of people
  • noun
  • A person; a man, woman or child

blog

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  • noun
  • A shared on-line public journal
  • verb
  • To read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal

bit

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  • noun
  • Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • Small piece of something
  • verb
  • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught

who

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US / hu: /

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

super

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  • adjecitve
  • Of the highest quality; great; marvelous

journey

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  • noun
  • Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
  • verb
  • To travel through a place

drop

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  • noun
  • Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • Act of letting something fall (from your hand)
  • A decrease in quantity or quality; reduction
  • Tiny amount of liquid, with rounded bottom
  • verb
  • To drive someone to a place and then drive away
  • To let something fall from your hand
  • To fall or lie down quickly, as when shot
  • To decide to stop something e.g. a course)
  • To (cause to) reduce in quantity or quality

everyone

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  • pronoun
  • Every person; everybody

common

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  • adjecitve
  • Shared; Belonging to or used by everyone
  • Typical, normal; not unusual
  • noun
  • Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • Field near a village owned by the local community

deliberately

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  • adverb
  • In a careful, considered manner; on purpose
  • Purposely; on purpose

all

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

way

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US / weɪ /

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  • adverb
  • Used to emphasize the amount of something
  • noun
  • Particular aspect of something being thought about
  • One of various choices that could be made
  • Particular existing condition or state
  • (Often long) distance or length of time
  • How something is done
  • Route to go to a place
  • Small street
  • Usual behavior, emotions or habits of someone

their

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US / ðɛː /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

organization

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  • noun
  • Group of people with a particular purpose

move

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  • noun
  • Act of moving a playing piece in chess, etc.
  • An action; doing something
  • Step taken to achieve a goal
  • verb
  • To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • To cause something to change to a different place
  • To change where people live or a business operates
  • To take action to do or achieve something

else

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US / els /

UK / ɛls /

A1
  • adverb
  • Otherwise; if you fail to
  • (Of person place thing etc.) besides; in addition

ago

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US / əˈgəʊ /

UK / əˈgoʊ /

A1
  • adverb
  • At a specified length of time in the past

very

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US / 'verɪ /

UK / ˈvɛri /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

topic

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US / 'tɒpɪk /

UK / ˈtɑpɪk /

A2
  • noun
  • Subject or issue people talk or write about

mountain

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US / 'maʊntən /

UK / ˈmaʊntən /

A1
  • noun
  • Very high piece of land, higher than a hill

network

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US / ˈnetwɜ:k /

UK / ˈnetwɜ:rk /

A2
  • noun
  • Group of computers connected to each other
  • System of connections
  • Group who work closely with each other
  • Group of radio or television stations, programs
  • verb
  • To join a group of computers together
  • To exchange information with colleagues, contacts

crowd

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US / kraʊd /

UK / kraʊd /

A2
  • noun
  • Large group of people together in one place
  • verb
  • To force too many things, people into
  • (Lots of people) to meet together in one place

calibre

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US / ˈkælɪbə(r) /

UK / ˈkæləbɚ /

C1
  • noun
  • Degree or grade of excellence or worth

curve

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US / kə:v /

UK / kɚv /

A2
  • noun
  • Smooth rounded line that is not straight
  • verb
  • To make something bend into a rounded shape

remember

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US / rɪ'membə(r) /

UK / rɪˈmɛmbɚ /

A1
  • verb
  • To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • To hold a thought in your mind to not forget it
  • To bring a previous image or idea to your mind

recommendation

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US / ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃn /

UK / ˌrɛkəmɛnˈdeʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of suggesting something as a good choice

performer

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US / pəˈfɔ:mə(r) /

UK / pərˈfɔ:rmə(r) /

A2
  • noun
  • Someone who completes a task well
  • Actor, musician, dancer, etc. who entertains

hallway

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US / ˈhɔ:lweɪ /

UK / ˈhɔlˌwe /

B2
  • noun
  • Interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

jack

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US / dʒæk /

UK / dʒæk /

A1
  • noun
  • Increase the amount or intensity of something
  • Tool for exerting pressure or lifting
  • verb
  • To increase the amount or intensity of something
  • To exert pressure on by lifting

focus

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US / 'fəʊkəs /

UK / ˈfokəs /

A2
  • noun
  • Main purpose or center of interest or activity
  • verb
  • To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
  • To keep your attention, concentration on one thing

interest

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US / 'ɪntrəst /

UK / ˈɪntrɪst, -tərɪst, -ˌtrɛst /

A1
  • noun
  • Best or most advantageous thing for someone
  • Activity or subject one enjoys doing or learning
  • Fee for borrowing money
  • verb
  • To make someone want to know about something
  • To persuade to do, become involved with something

exist

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US / ɪɡ'zɪst /

UK / ɪɡˈzɪst /

A1
  • verb
  • To be present, alive or real

end

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US / end /

UK / ɛnd /

A1
  • noun
  • The point where a process or activity stops
  • A point that marks the limit of something; finish
  • Goal or desired result
  • The tip, edge or limit of something
  • verb
  • To be the last part of something

chicago

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US / ʃɪ'kɑ:gəʊ, -'kɔ:- /

UK / ʃɪ'kɑ:ɡoʊˌ -'kɔ:- /

A1
  • proper noun
  • A city in northeastern Illinois, on Lake Michigan; population 2,853,114 (est. 2008). Chicago develop

ninety

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US / 'naɪntɪ /

UK / ˈnaɪnti /

A1
  • number
  • 90

indus

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US / ˈɪndəs /

UK / ˈɪndəs /

A1
  • noun
  • A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

A1
  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

headline

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US / ˈhedlaɪn /

UK / ˈhedlaɪn /

B2
  • noun
  • Title summarizing a news story
  • verb
  • To be the main performer at a show

gold

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US / gəʊld /

UK / goʊld /

A2
  • noun
  • Soft yellow metal that is very valuable
  • Person's name
  • adjecitve
  • Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets

disadvantage

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US / ˌdɪsədˈvɑ:ntɪdʒ /

UK / ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒ /

B1
  • noun
  • A negative point; a downside; difficulty

canada

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US / 'kænədə /

UK / ˈkænədə /

A1
  • proper noun
  • A country in northern North America, the second largest country in the world; population 35,900,000

could

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US / kəd /

UK / kʊd /

A1
  • other
  • Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
  • Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

startup

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US / 'stɑ:tʌp /

UK / 'stɑ:t'ʌp /

C2
  • noun
  • A company just starting its operations
  • Act of setting in operation

twitter

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US / ˈtwɪtə(r) /

UK / ˈtwɪtɚ /

C2
  • noun
  • An online messaging system
  • verb
  • To make small chattering sounds, like some birds

onto

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US / ˈɒntə /

UK / ˈɑnˌtu, -tə, ˈɔn- /

A1
  • preposition
  • Towards a certain direction/into a certain area

low

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US / ləʊ /

UK / lo /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having a small quantity, supply, or amount
  • Being unhappy or unpleasant in attitude
  • Not high; being near the ground, or bottom
  • (Of a voice, sound) being soft; quiet
  • noun
  • Situation of not having a lot of something

jose

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US / ˈdʒɔnəθən /

UK / ˈdʒɑnəθən /

A1

community

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US / kə'mju:nətɪ /

UK / kəˈmjunɪti /

A2
  • noun
  • Group of people who share a common idea or area

boy

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US / bɔɪ /

UK / bɔɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • A young male person

active

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US / ˈæktɪv /

UK / ˈæktɪv /

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  • adjecitve
  • Moving around a lot or doing many things

six

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US / sɪks /

UK / sɪks /

A1
  • number
  • 6

machine

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US / mə'ʃi:n /

UK / məˈʃin /

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  • noun
  • Piece of equipment used to do work
  • Powerful group who control and organize things
  • verb
  • To shape, work on something, using a device

prior

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US / 'praɪə(r) /

UK / ˈpraɪɚ /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Existing or coming earlier in time
  • (Of a claim, etc.) more important than another one
  • noun
  • Monk or priest in charge of a monastery

presence

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US / ˈprezns /

UK / ˈprɛzəns /

A2
  • noun
  • The same place or area that a person is
  • Ability to reach a market, group of people etc.
  • Something not physically seen but felt to be there
  • Feeling a person gives by being noticeable

plan

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US / plæn /

UK / plæn /

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  • noun
  • Drawing of how something should be done or made

information

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US / ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn /

UK / ˌɪnfɚˈmeʃən /

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  • noun
  • Collection of facts and details about something

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

A1
  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

last

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US / lɑ:st /

UK / læst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Most recent; the latest
  • The one before
  • adverb
  • Final; with nothing following; after all others
  • Most recent; the latest
  • determiner
  • The one at the end
  • verb
  • To remain or continue for a certain period of time

before

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US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /

UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /

A1
  • adverb
  • At a time earlier than the present; previously
  • conjunction
  • In advance of something happening
  • preposition
  • In front of someone or something

agenda

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US / ə'dʒendə /

UK / əˈdʒɛndə /

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  • noun
  • Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
  • Outcome you want to happen but do not reveal
  • List of matters to be discussed at a meeting

world

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US / wɜ:ld /

UK / wɜrld /

A1
  • noun
  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity

month

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US / mʌnθ /

UK / mʌnθ /

A1
  • noun
  • One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year

hundred

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US / 'hʌndrəd /

UK / ˈhʌndrɪd /

A1
  • number
  • 100

hump

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US / hʌmp /

UK / hʌmp /

B2
  • noun
  • Rounded mass, like that on the back of a camel

group

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US / ɡru:p /

UK / ɡrup /

A1
  • noun
  • Two or more musicians who play music together
  • Number of people or things gathered together
  • verb
  • To combine or collect objects or people together

concentrate

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US / 'kɒnsntreɪt /

UK / ˈkɑnsənˌtret /

A2
  • verb
  • To cause to be present in large amount or number
  • To pay great attention to a task; focus
  • To remove water from a thing to make it more pure

away

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US / ə'weɪ /

UK / əˈwe /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not present
  • adverb
  • Disappear completely
  • Doing something with a lot of energy
  • Not here; far from here; in a different direction
  • To a different area, location

undervalue

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US / ˌʌndəˈvælju: /

UK / ˌʌndərˈvælju: /

B1
  • verb
  • To assess as being cheaper than expected

startups

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US / /

UK / /

C2
  • other
  • A company just starting its operations
  • Act of setting in operation

panellist

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US / ˈpænəlɪst /

UK / ˈpænəlɪst /

A1
  • noun
  • A member of a panel, especially in a broadcast game or discussion.

notice

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US / 'nəʊtɪs /

UK / ˈnotɪs /

A1
  • noun
  • Time by when you must leave, e.g. if you are fired
  • Paper with an announcement, e.g. pinned to a board
  • verb
  • To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing

hear

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US / hɪə(r) /

UK / hɪr /

A1
  • verb
  • To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • To be told or find out information or facts
  • To consider or listen to a court case

floyd

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US / 'fləʊɪŋ /

UK / 'floʊɪŋ /

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full

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US / fʊl /

UK / fʊl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Containing all the parts; complete
  • Containing or holding as much as possible
  • Having had enough food
  • adverb
  • In a direct manner; completely

fashion

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US / 'fæʃn /

UK / ˈfæʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Style of dress or activity popular at some time
  • Industry that creates new styles of clothes
  • Way of behaving; manner
  • Trend that is popular at a given time
  • Way of doing something; manner
  • verb
  • To make things into a particular shape

conversation

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US / ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn /

UK / ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Talking with other people; discussion or chat

beforehand

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US / bɪˈfɔ:hænd /

UK / bɪˈfɔ:rhænd /

B2
  • adverb
  • In advance; before a specific event happens

vogue

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US / vəuɡ /

UK / voɡ /

B2
  • noun
  • Fashion, a popular item

problem

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US / ˈprɒbləm /

UK / ˈprɑbləm /

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  • adjecitve
  • Causing trouble
  • noun
  • Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
  • Question to show understanding of a math concept

proactively

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US / /

UK / /

C1
  • adverb
  • So as to head off anticipated future problems

mind

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US / maɪnd /

UK / maɪnd /

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  • noun
  • One's opinion or way of thinking about something
  • Part of humans that allows us to think or feel
  • verb
  • To be bothered or upset by something
  • To take care of someone e.g. as a bodyguard

next

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US / nekst /

UK / nɛkst /

A1
  • adverb
  • The one that follows another in time or order
  • At a time or place directly after the present one
  • noun
  • The one that follows after
  • adjecitve
  • Immediately after the previous one
  • First occurrence after the present one

gather

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US / ˈgæðə(r) /

UK / ˈɡæðɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Fold in cloth, as in a full skirt
  • verb
  • To bring objects together into one place
  • (Of liquids) To come to a head, as in boil
  • To collect foods such as wild berries or crops
  • To increase or accumulate
  • To bring people, animals together into a group
  • To activate strength, courage to prepare for task
  • To understand or believe some information

hand

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US / hænd /

UK / hænd /

A1
  • noun
  • Cards given to a player in a card game
  • Piece of a clock that points to the time
  • Someone who performs physical tasks or work
  • Body part at the end of a person's arm
  • Help for someone performing a particular action
  • Condition of having power or influence
  • Member of the crew of a ship
  • verb
  • To give something to someone personally

blow

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US / bləʊ /

UK / blo /

A2
  • noun
  • Something that causes you difficulty or sadness
  • Act of making air come out of your mouth
  • A hit or strike from an object
  • verb
  • To move something using air
  • To make air come quickly out of your mouth
  • To clear something by forcing air through it

with

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US / wɪð /

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

A1
  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

tech

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US / tek /

UK / tɛk /

A2
  • noun
  • Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'

silicon

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US / ˈsɪlɪkən /

UK / ˈsɪlɪkən, -ˌkɑn /

B2
  • noun
  • Mineral used in making steel and computer parts

percent

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US / pə'sent /

UK / pɚˈsɛnt /

A2
  • adverb
  • One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %

process

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US / prə'ses /

UK / ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs /

A2
  • noun
  • Dealing with official forms in the way required
  • Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
  • verb
  • To organize and use data in a computer
  • To deal with official forms in the way required
  • To prepare by treating something in a certain way
  • To adopt a set of actions that produce a result
  • To convert by putting something through a machine

handful

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US / 'hændfʊl /

UK / ˈhændˌfʊl /

B1
  • noun
  • an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
  • A thing requiring great effort to control, manage

honest

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US / ˈɒnɪst /

UK / ˈɑnɪst /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy

star

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US / stɑ:(r) /

UK / stɑr /

A1
  • noun
  • Very famous person, usually an entertainer
  • Someone who does something very well
  • Your horoscope
  • A bright planet of hot gas in the night sky
  • A 5-6 sided asterisk-shape
  • verb
  • To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
  • To do something very well
  • To mark with a 5-6 sided asterisk-shape

nobody

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US / ˈnəʊbədi /

UK / ˈnoʊbədi /

A1
  • pronoun
  • No person; no one; not any person

life

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US / laɪf /

UK / laɪf /

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  • noun
  • All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • Period of time things live, from birth to death

methodical

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US / məˈθɒdɪkl /

UK / məˈθɑ:dɪkl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Done in an organized and thorough way

generally

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US / /

UK / /

A2
  • adverb
  • Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people

give

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US / ɡɪv /

UK / ɡɪv /

A1
  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something

finish

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US / ˈfɪnɪʃ /

UK / ˈfɪnɪʃ /

A1
  • noun
  • End of something; completion
  • Final coat (of paint) applied to a surface
  • verb
  • To use or consume all of something
  • To reach the end; to complete something
  • To put a final surface (e.g. paint) on something

good

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US / ɡʊd /

UK / ɡʊd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

especially

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US / ɪˈspeʃəli /

UK / ɛˈspɛʃəli, ɪˈspɛʃ- /

A1
  • adverb
  • More than usual; extremely

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

ability

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US / ə'bɪlətɪ /

UK / əˈbɪlɪti /

A2
  • noun
  • The power, resources or skill to do something

towards

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US / tə'wɔ:dz /

UK / 'təuədz, twɔ:dz /

A1
  • preposition
  • In the direction of someone or something

pandemic

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US / pæn'demɪk /

UK / pænˈdɛmɪk /

C2
  • adjecitve
  • (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or
  • noun
  • a pandemic disease

record

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US / 'rekɔ:d /

UK / ˈrekərd /

A1
  • noun
  • Highest or most extreme level achieved
  • Round plastic disc on which music has been stored
  • History of a person's past actions or achievements
  • verb
  • To indicate a temperature, speed, etc.; register
  • To write down or say what happened
  • To put music, sounds onto a device to store it

potentially

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US / pə'tenʃəlɪ /

UK / pəˈtɛnʃəlɪ /

B1
  • adverb
  • That could happen or become reality

minivan

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US / ˈmɪnivæn /

UK / ˈmɪniˌvæn /

C2
  • noun
  • Small box-shaped van used as a family car

can

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US / kæn /

UK / kən,kæn /

A1
  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

yet

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US / jet /

UK / jɛt /

A1
  • adverb
  • At a later time (used after ‘not’)
  • (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
  • Eventually; at a future time
  • Until now; up to the present
  • conjunction
  • Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

want

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US / wɔnt /

UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /

A1
  • noun
  • Something you desire or wish for
  • State or condition of poverty
  • verb
  • To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

worthwhile

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US / ˌwɜ:θˈwaɪl /

UK / ˌwɜ:rθˈwaɪl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Worth the money, time or effort of doing something

seven

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US / ˈsevn /

UK / ˈsɛvən /

A1
  • number
  • Number 7

online

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US / ˌɒnˈlaɪn /

UK / ˌɑ:nˈlaɪn /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Connected to the internet

expect

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US / ɪk'spekt /

UK / ɪkˈspɛkt /

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  • verb
  • To believe something is probably going to happen

book

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US / bʊk /

UK / bʊk /

A1
  • noun
  • Thing made of pages with writing on that you read
  • verb
  • (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
  • To reserve (hotel room, etc.) in advance
  • To produce a red or yellow card to a soccer player

seventy

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US / ˈsevnti /

UK / ˈsɛvənti /

A1
  • number
  • 70

relationship

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US / rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp /

UK / rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp /

A2
  • noun
  • Connection between two or more people or things
  • Way people interact or live with each other
  • Romantic or loving friendship between two people

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

A1
  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

maybe

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US / ˈmeɪbi /

UK / ˈmebi /

A1
  • adverb
  • Possibly but not certainly; perhaps

fix

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US / fɪks /

UK / fɪks /

A2
  • noun
  • Answer to a problem
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something
  • To attach something so it will not move or change
  • To dishonestly arrange the result of a game
  • To make an animal unable to produce young
  • To make something whole or able to work again

deception

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US / dɪ'sepʃn /

UK / dɪˈsɛpʃən /

B1
  • noun
  • Use of trickery to make someone believe an untruth

would

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US / wʊd /

UK / wʊd /

A1
  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

study

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US / 'stʌdɪ /

UK / ˈstʌdi /

A1
  • noun
  • Room that a person studies or reads in
  • Piece of research
  • Topic or subject you research or learn about
  • verb
  • To focus on learning something usually at school

pick

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US / pɪk /

UK / pɪk /

A1
  • noun
  • Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
  • Item selected from a group of choices
  • verb
  • To take fruit or vegetables from a plant or tree
  • To decide on a thing from various choices; select
  • To remove (flower, etc.) with your fingers

really

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US / ˈri:əli /

UK / ˈriəˌli, ˈrili /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

please

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US / pli:z /

UK / pliz /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used when you politely ask people for things
  • verb
  • To entertain someone, by dancing, singing etc.
  • To make someone happy by doing something

luck

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US / lʌk /

UK / lʌk /

A1
  • noun
  • Accidental way things happen, often good things

involve

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US / ɪn'vɒlv /

UK / ɪnˈvɑlv /

A2
  • verb
  • To have or be included as a part of something

interested

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US / ˈɪntrəstɪd /

UK / ˈɪntrɪstɪd, -tərɪstɪd, -təˌrɛstɪd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having had your attention taken; curious
  • verb
  • To make someone want to know about something
  • To persuade to do, become involved with something

favour

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US / ˈfeɪvə(r) /

UK / ˈfevɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • What someone asks of you; helpful act; a kindness
  • verb
  • To prefer or promote over another

box

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US / bɒks /

UK / bɑ:ks /

A1
  • noun
  • A marked area of a baseball field
  • A container with four straight sides and a lid
  • Area of seating in a theater separated from others
  • A 4 sided container or shape printed on a page
  • Entire amount of something inside a container
  • verb
  • To strike someone on the side of the head
  • To pack an object in a six-sided container
  • To fight with gloved hands as a sport

whether

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US / ˈweðə(r) /

UK / ˈhwɛðɚ, ˈwɛð- /

A1
  • conjunction
  • If something will happen or not

southwest

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US / ˌsaʊθ'west /

UK / saʊθˈwɛst, saʊˈwɛst /

B2
  • noun
  • Location in the southwestern part of an area

sense

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US / sens /

UK / sɛns /

A1
  • noun
  • Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • Normal or clear state of mind
  • Meaning of a particular word, phrase or text
  • verb
  • To perceive using sight, sound, taste touch etc.
  • To recognize the presence of something

minimum

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US / ˈmɪnɪməm /

UK / ˈmɪnəməm /

B1
  • noun
  • Smallest degree or level that is acceptable

keyword

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US / ˈki:wɜ:d /

UK / ˈki:wɜ:rd /

B1
  • noun
  • Significant or descriptive word used in searches

conference

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US / ˈkɒnfərəns /

UK / ˈkɑnfərəns, -frəns /

A2
  • noun
  • Series of lectures held as an event
  • An association of US sports teams

business

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US / ˈbɪznəs /

UK / ˈbɪznɪs /

A1
  • noun
  • A company formed for making profit
  • Matter that has to be dealt with; task; situation
  • Activity of working to make a profit

collect

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US / kəˈlekt /

UK / kəˈlɛkt /

A2
  • adverb
  • By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
  • verb
  • To ask for money, e.g. for a charity
  • To gather things, people together in one place
  • To get and keep one type of things as a hobby
  • To take things and bring them together
  • To go and receive, e.g. a prize or an award
  • To take control of your own feelings or thoughts

effect

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US / ɪ'fekt /

UK / ɪˈfɛkt /

A1
  • noun
  • An advantage, benefit
  • Change brought about by a cause; result

tiny

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US / 'taɪnɪ /

UK / ˈtaɪni /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Very, very small

same

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US / seɪm /

UK / sem /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in quality and amount
  • Identical; not different
  • Not changing; constant

pack

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US / pæk /

UK / pæk /

A1
  • noun
  • Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
  • Group of people, animals, or objects
  • verb
  • To put things in a suitcase to go on a trip
  • To crowd a place with a large amount of things
  • To put something into a container to store it

opportunity

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US / ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ /

UK / ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju- /

A2
  • noun
  • Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance

prevent

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US / prɪ'vent /

UK / prɪˈvɛnt /

A2
  • verb
  • To stop something from happening or existing

platform

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US / 'plætfɔ:m /

UK / ˈplætˌfɔrm /

B1
  • noun
  • Flat, raised structure that people stand on
  • Area from which you board a train at a station

insight

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US / 'ɪnsaɪt /

UK / ˈɪnˌsaɪt /

B1
  • noun
  • Power to understand people and things very well
  • Very good understanding of something

celebrity

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US / sə'lebrətɪ /

UK / səˈlɛbrɪti /

B2
  • noun
  • A (famous) entertainer known by many people

become

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US / bɪ'kʌm /

UK / bɪˈkʌm /

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  • verb
  • To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
  • To be suitable for a particular job or role

carry

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US / ˈkæri /

UK / ˈkæri /

A1
  • verb
  • To have a child, be pregnant
  • To have a disease you might give to others
  • (Of stores) to sell a particular product
  • To hold something and move it to another place
  • To travel a long distance (sound)
  • To support the weight or burden of something

bay

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US / beɪ /

UK / be /

B1
  • noun
  • Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land

address

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US / ə'dres /

UK / əˈdrɛs /

A1
  • noun
  • Exact street location of a place
  • A formal speech to a group of people
  • verb
  • To write the place someone lives on a letter
  • To refer to someone or something formally
  • To make a formal speech to a group of people
  • To try to find a solution to; think about

south

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US / saʊθ /

UK / saʊθ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
  • Coming from the opposite direction from north
  • noun
  • The direction to your right of the rising sun

now

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US / naʊ /

UK / naʊ /

A1
  • adverb
  • At the present time or moment
  • Right away or in the next possible moment
  • Used to refer to something that just happened
  • Time between the present and a moment in the past
  • conjunction
  • Resulting from or because of something

friend

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US / frend /

UK / frɛnd /

A1
  • noun
  • Person who you like and enjoy being with

deal

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US / di:l /

UK / dil /

A1
  • verb
  • To cope with something - usually troubles
  • To give (something bad e.g. news) to
  • To buy and sell illegal drugs
  • To give out (cards, etc.) to; distribute
  • To do business with someone or to sell products

apartment

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US / əˈpɑ:tmənt /

UK / əˈpɑ:rtmənt /

A2
  • noun
  • Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building

against

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US / əˈgenst /

UK / əˈɡenst /

A1
  • preposition
  • In physical contact with, as for support; next to
  • In opposition to; disagreeing with

steal

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US / sti:l /

UK / stil /

A1
  • noun
  • A bargain; something bought very cheaply
  • Act of taking the ball or a base from another
  • verb
  • To move quietly or secretly to or from a place
  • To secretly take something that belongs to another

panel

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US / 'pænl /

UK / ˈpænəl /

A2
  • noun
  • Group who answer questions or give opinions
  • Flat surface with controls and switches
  • Flat, thin piece of material, often made of wood
  • verb
  • To cover a wall with thin pieces of wood

outside

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US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /

UK / aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtˌsaɪd /

A2
  • adverb
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
  • noun
  • Area around or near something, such as a building
  • preposition
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing

order

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US / 'ɔ:də(r) /

UK / ˈɔrdɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Religious or social group, as of nuns
  • Instructions to others to do what you want
  • State in which things are neat and organized
  • What you ask to buy, e.g. food in restaurant
  • Social or political control of an area
  • verb
  • To put things in a sequence, e.g. a, b, c
  • To give instructions to others to do what you want
  • To ask for something you want to buy, e.g. a meal

run

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US / rʌn /

UK / rʌn /

A1
  • noun
  • Journey between two places made by ship or car
  • Series of similar things or successes and failures
  • Act of running; exercise of running
  • verb
  • To depart or travel according to a schedule
  • To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
  • (Of an engine) to be operating
  • To start or use a computer program
  • To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
  • To manage or operate a business
  • To operate or drive something
  • (Of a road) to go from one place to another
  • To move your legs faster than walking

make

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US / meɪk /

UK / mek /

A1
  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

path

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US / pɑ:θ /

UK / pæθ, pɑθ /

A2
  • noun
  • Method of living leading to a particular result
  • Track made with stones, by walking over the ground

musk

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US / mʌsk /

UK / mʌsk /

C1
  • noun
  • Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume

demand

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US / dɪ'mɑ:nd /

UK / dɪˈmænd /

A2
  • noun
  • Desire customers have to buy product, service
  • A strong request for someone to do something
  • verb
  • To strongly request someone to do something

whoever

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US / hu:ˈevə(r) /

UK / huˈɛvɚ /

A2
  • pronoun
  • Stronger form of ‘who’
  • Whatever person; any person at all

than

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US / ðən /

UK / ðən /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

open

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US / 'əʊpən /

UK / ˈopən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Available for use; accessible
  • Not being hidden; available for others to see
  • Being available for customers to enter or use
  • Allowing everyone to use or take part in
  • Not secret anymore
  • Not closed or shut
  • Willing to accept new ideas and thoughts
  • noun
  • Name for a tennis or golf competition
  • verb
  • To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
  • To start the activities or services of a business
  • To make a space or hole appear in something
  • To move or change so that it is no longer closed
  • To start something, e.g. a new business

one

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US / wʌn /

UK / wʌn /

A1
  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

overwhelming

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US / ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ /

UK / ˌovɚˈhwɛlmɪŋ, -ˈwɛl- /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Having too much to handle (e.g. work)
  • verb
  • To defeat something or someone completely
  • To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
  • To cause to have too much to handle (e.g. work)

publisher

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US / ˈpʌblɪʃə(r) /

UK / ˈpʌblɪʃɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Business that produces books or magazines

ottawa

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US / 'ɒtəwə /

UK / 'ɑ:təwə /

A1
  • other
  • A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈʌðər /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

into

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US / 'ɪntə /

UK / ˈɪntu /

A1
  • preposition
  • Moving or going inside something
  • In the same direction as; in the direction of
  • So as to become; taking the state of

entrepreneur

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US / ˌɒntrəprə'nɜ:(r) /

UK / ˌɑntrəprəˈnɚ, -ˈnʊr /

B2
  • noun
  • Businessperson who develops new businesses

entire

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US / ɪn'taɪə(r) /

UK / ɛnˈtaɪr /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole

famous

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US / 'feɪməs /

UK / ˈfeməs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Excellent
  • Widely known; recognized by many people

stand

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US / stænd /

UK / stænd /

A1
  • noun
  • Effort to fight against something
  • Piece of furniture; device to hold or support
  • Place in a stadium where spectators watch
  • Table where things are sold at a fair or market
  • verb
  • To be a candidate in an election
  • To be able to accept someone, something; bear
  • To last for a long time
  • To be upright; not be sitting or lying down
  • To place something in a particular position; place
  • To be (as stated)
  • To still be valid
  • To have an opinion about something

parking

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US / ˈpɑ:kɪŋ /

UK / ˈpɑ:rkɪŋ /

A1
  • noun
  • The area you can park your car
  • verb
  • To stay still without moving
  • To leave your car, bike in a certain place

physical

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US / ˈfɪzɪkl /

UK / ˈfɪzɪkəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the body of a person
  • Concerning things that can be seen or touched
  • noun
  • Health check at the doctors' or hospital

opposite

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US / ˈɔpəzit /

UK / ˈɑpəzɪt /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being totally different from
  • noun
  • Person, thing that is totally different to another
  • preposition
  • Across from or on the side facing something

defence

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US / dɪˈfens /

UK / dɪˈfɛns /

B1
  • noun
  • The process of protecting something from attack

deep

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US / di:p /

UK / dip /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Complex and important
  • Extreme or intense
  • Going far down from the surface
  • Low in pitch, as a sound
  • adverb
  • At a certain distance beneath the surface

creator

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US / kriˈeɪtə(r) /

UK / kriˈetɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Person who makes something original or new

bout

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US / baʊt /

UK / baʊt /

B2
  • noun
  • A boxing match
  • Period of time spent in a way; period; spell

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

pro

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US / prəʊ /

UK / proʊ /

A2
  • noun
  • Reason given in support of something
  • Someone experienced and very good at something
  • Playing a golf, tennis etc. as a job

may

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US / meɪ /

UK / me /

A1
  • noun
  • 5th month of the year
  • other
  • Used to express a desire
  • Expresses permission, possibility or probability
  • Used to show that a thing could be true

play

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US / pleɪ /

UK / pleɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Loose, free movement between two objects
  • Single action in a sports game
  • Performance in which people act in a theater
  • verb
  • To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
  • To perform music on an instrument
  • To use a device, e.g. a video game
  • To do something for enjoyment and fun
  • To do or perform a game or sport

filter

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US / 'fɪltə(r) /

UK / ˈfɪltɚ /

B1
  • noun
  • Device to remove certain types of light, sound
  • Device to remove unwanted things from liquid, gas
  • verb
  • To remove certain types of light, sound
  • To remove unwanted substances from a liquid or gas

chicken

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US / ˈtʃɪkɪn /

UK / ˈtʃɪkən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Acting like a coward
  • noun
  • A bird raised for its eggs and meat
  • Someone who is too afraid to do something

across

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US / əˈkrɔs /

UK / əˈkrɔs,əˈkrɑs /

A1
  • adverb
  • Distance from one side to another
  • (Go) from one side to the other of something

three

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US / θri: /

UK / θri /

A1
  • number
  • Number 3

term

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US / tɜ:m /

UK / tɚm /

A1
  • noun
  • Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • Length of time something is expected to happen
  • Fixed period of weeks for learning at school
  • The (precise) name given to something
  • verb
  • To call; give a name to

ecosystem

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US / ˈi:kəʊsɪstəm /

UK / ˈɛkoˌsɪstəm, ˈiko- /

B1
  • noun
  • Types of plants and animals in an specific area

cetera

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US / ˈsetərə /

UK / ˈsetərə /

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  • other

attribute

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US / əˈtrɪbju:t /

UK / əˈtrɪbjut /

B1
  • noun
  • Characteristic something has, e.g. size or color
  • Adjectives placed before the nouns they modify
  • verb
  • (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by

able

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US / 'eɪbl /

UK / ˈebəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

bad

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US / bæd /

UK / bæd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not good; wrong
  • Lacking in good morals; evil
  • No longer fresh; spoiled

wow

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US / waʊ /

UK / waʊ /

A1
  • exclamation
  • Sound people make when they make are impressed
  • verb
  • (Informal) to greatly impress someone

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

person

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US / 'pɜ:sn /

UK / 'pɜ:rsn /

A1
  • noun
  • Man, woman or child

orphan

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US / ˈɔ:fn /

UK / ˈɔ:rfn /

B2
  • noun
  • Child whose parents have died

let

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US / let /

UK / lɛt /

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  • verb
  • To allow someone to do something
  • Introducing a suggestion to do something together
  • To rent a house, etc. to others

moderator

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US / ˈmɒdəreɪtə(r) /

UK / ˈmɑdəˌretɚ /

C1
  • noun
  • Person hosting a discussion

might

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US / maɪt /

UK / maɪt /

A1
  • other
  • Used to politely request an action
  • Used to express that something could happen
  • Power, strength, force or influence

little

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US / 'lɪtl /

UK / ˈlɪtl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being short in length of time
  • Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
  • Being very young or younger than others
  • adverb
  • By an amount or degree that is not very much
  • Not often; rarely
  • noun
  • A person's name

mention

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US / 'menʃn /

UK / ˈmɛnʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of referring to or talking about something
  • verb
  • To refer to or talk or write about something

lead

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US / li:d /

UK / lid /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being the main part in movies or plays
  • noun
  • Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • Information that could help to solve a crime
  • Main part in a play or movie
  • Heavy, gray metal element
  • Rope used to tie something to stop it escaping
  • Act of being at the front in a race or game
  • verb
  • To show the way or guide others
  • To be at the front of a race or game
  • To travel in front of; go in advance of others

big

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US / bɪɡ /

UK / bɪɡ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Popular
  • Serious
  • Large

you

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US / jʊ /

UK / ju /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

A1
  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

technical

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US / ˈteknɪkl /

UK / ˈtɛknɪkəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Complex; difficult to understand
  • Of practical use of machine/science in industry

live

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US / lɪv /

UK / liv /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

five

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US / faɪv /

UK / faɪv /

A1
  • number
  • 5

how

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US / haʊ /

UK / haʊ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

fine

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US / faɪn /

UK / faɪn /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • Of high quality; made with great skill
  • In a careful or exact manner; into small pieces
  • Being of high quality
  • Good; okay; no problem
  • (Of weather) good; not raining
  • noun
  • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
  • verb
  • To pay money because you broke a law

also

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US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /

UK / ˈɔlso /

A1
  • adverb
  • In addition; too; in a similar way

predict

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US / prɪ'dɪkt /

UK / prɪˈdɪkt /

A2
  • verb
  • To guess or estimate what will or might happen

although

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US / ɔ:lˈðəu /

UK / ɔlˈðo /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Despite the fact that; however

new

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US / nju: /

UK / nu, nju /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not old, recently born, built or made
  • Being or doing something for the first time
  • Not felt, seen or known previously
  • Having been recently bought or obtained

position

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US / pəˈzɪʃn /

UK / pəˈzɪʃən /

A1
  • noun
  • Person's opinion or attitude about something
  • Specific location where someone or something is
  • Where you play or your role on a sports team
  • Person's job or status level
  • Set of conditions affecting what you can (not) do
  • verb
  • To put in a particular location or direction

try

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US / traɪ /

UK / traɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

intro

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US / ˈɪntrəʊ /

UK / ˈɪntroʊ /

A1
  • noun
  • Opening part of a text or piece of music

lot

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US / lɒt /

UK / lɑt /

A1
  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

stroll

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US / strəʊl /

UK / strol /

B2
  • verb
  • To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner

thematic

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US / θɪˈmætɪk /

UK / θɪˈmætɪk /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning or constituting a topic

steve

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US / ˈstɜ:nəm /

UK / ˈstɜ:rnəm /

A1

anybody

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US / ˈenibɒdi /

UK / ˈenibʌdi /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Any person; anyone

channel

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US / 'tʃænl /

UK / ˈtʃænəl /

B1
  • noun
  • Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • TV or radio station or its programs
  • Method or way of sending or receiving information
  • Narrow passage through which water travels
  • Method or route used for sending or getting things
  • verb
  • To dig a long hole for carrying water
  • To send (e.g. money) to a certain place or person
  • To direct water or liquid through a passage
  • To direct energy or feelings into something

decide

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US / dɪ'saɪd /

UK / dɪˈsaɪd /

A2
  • verb
  • To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
  • To make a legal judgment in court
  • to affect the result of something

come

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US / kʌm /

UK / kʌm /

A1
  • verb
  • To arrive at a place
  • (Of mail) to be delivered
  • To move toward someone; go with someone
  • To reach a certain point or state

fucker

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US / ˈfʌkə(r) /

UK / ˈfʌkɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Stupid despised person; idiot

game

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US / ɡeɪm /

UK / ɡem /

A1
  • noun
  • Activity with rules that people play to have fun
  • Birds and animals people hunt to kill and eat
  • Match between two teams

particular

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US / pəˈtɪkjələ(r) /

UK / pɚˈtɪkjəlɚ, pəˈtɪk- /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • One specific (one)
  • Having firm ideas about what is desirable
  • Being special or more than is typical

think

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US / θɪŋk /

UK / θɪŋk /

A1
  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

shortcut

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US / 'ʃɔ:tkʌt /

UK / ˈʃɔrtˌkʌt /

B2
  • noun
  • A route that is shorter than the normal

familiar

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US / fəˈmɪliə(r) /

UK / fəˈmɪljɚ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Well-known or easily recognized

forge

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US / fɔ:dʒ /

UK / fɔ:rdʒ /

B1
  • noun
  • A furnace to melt and shape metals with heat
  • verb
  • To create something by hammering hot metal
  • To form something new, such a relationship
  • To make a false copy to deceive others

rather

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US / 'rɑ:ðə(r) /

UK / ˈræðɚ, ˈrɑðɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Somewhat; fairly; not that much

name

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US / neɪm /

UK / nem /

A1
  • noun
  • What something or someone is called
  • verb
  • To state what someone is called, e.g. John

thrash

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US / θræʃ /

UK / θræʃ /

C1
  • verb
  • To hit very hard with a stick or whip

something

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US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

A1
  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

bloody

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US / 'blʌdɪ /

UK / ˈblʌdi /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
  • A word used when swearing or cursing
  • Violent and causing death

another

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US / əˈnʌðə(r) /

UK / əˈnʌðɚ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • One more, but not this
  • determiner
  • One more added
  • pronoun
  • One more (thing)

environment

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US / ɪn'vaɪrənmənt /

UK / ɛnˈvaɪrənmənt, -ˈvaɪən- /

A1
  • noun
  • Natural world in which plants and animals live
  • The entire surrounding conditions of something

podcast

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US / 'pɒdkɑ:st /

UK / 'pɑ:dkæst /

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  • noun
  • A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download

obligation

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US / ˌɒblɪ'ɡeɪʃn /

UK / ˌɑblɪˈɡeʃən /

B2
  • noun
  • Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
  • other
  • Fact of being forced morally to do something

real

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US / rɪəl /

UK / ˈriəl, ril /

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  • adjecitve
  • Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • Being important or special

surgical

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US / ˈsɜ:dʒɪkl /

UK / ˈsɜ:rdʒɪkl /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Of or relating to surgery or operations

postdoc

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US / ˈpəʊstdɒk /

UK / ˈpoʊstdɑːk /

A1
  • other
  • A scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree

where

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US / hwɛə /

UK / hwɛr, wɛr /

A1
  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
  • pronoun
  • Word you use to ask the location of something

bar

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US / bɑ:(r) /

UK / bɑ:r /

A2
  • noun
  • Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
  • Professional organization of lawyers and judges
  • String of musical notes
  • Place to meet friends and buy alcoholic drinks
  • Long solid round piece of metal shaped like a pipe
  • verb
  • To prevent entry, exit or an action

drink

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US / drɪŋk /

UK / drɪŋk /

A1
  • noun
  • A liquid that you put in your mouth
  • verb
  • To put water in your body through your mouth

meet

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US / mi:t /

UK / mit /

A1
  • noun
  • Sporting competition e.g. swimming
  • verb
  • To provide something that is necessary
  • To come together at a certain time or place

early

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US / ˈɜ:li /

UK / ˈɜ:rli /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Happening or appearing before
  • adverb
  • Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
  • Happening sooner than expected

mostly

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US / ˈməʊstli /

UK / ˈmoʊstli /

A2
  • adverb
  • In large part; mainly or chiefly

majority

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US / mə'dʒɒrətɪ /

UK / məˈdʒɔrɪti, -ˈdʒɑr- /

B1
  • noun
  • Amount that is more than half of a group

stack

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US / stæk /

UK / stæk /

B1
  • noun
  • A large number or amount of something
  • Large tube through which smoke exits a building
  • verb
  • To arrange cards in a certain order, to cheat
  • To put one thing on top of another, e.g. boxes

brand

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US / brænd /

UK / brænd /

A2
  • noun
  • A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
  • Product made or designed by a named company
  • verb
  • To burn a mark on an animal to show who owns it
  • To describe someone as a liar, coward, etc.
  • To give a famous name to a product or service

connection

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US / kəˈnekʃn /

UK / kəˈnɛkʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Something that joins things together; being joined
  • Person you know who can help you in some way
  • Changing vehicles when traveling

elon

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francisco

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US / fræn'sɪskəʊ /

UK / fræn'sɪskoʊ /

A1
  • proper noun
  • (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator, head of state 1939–75. Leader of the Nationalists in the

front

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US / frʌnt /

UK / frʌnt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Opposite of back; the forward part of an object
  • noun
  • Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • Area where fighting in a war is happening
  • Place where air of different temperatures meets
  • verb
  • To have the forward part facing something
  • To lead a group of people, usually a band

join

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US / dʒɔɪn /

UK / dʒɔɪn /

A1
  • verb
  • To bring something close to another, to become one
  • To become a member of
  • To participate in an activity with others

professional

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US / prə'feʃənl /

UK / prəˈfɛʃənəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
  • Acting/done properly as a qualified person would
  • Getting paid for playing a sport/doing an activity
  • noun
  • Highly qualified person, e.g. lawyer or doctor
  • One who plays a sport or similar activity as a job

put

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US / pʊt /

UK / pʊt /

A1
  • phrasal verb
  • to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch
  • verb
  • To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • To rate something in importance or value
  • To write or say something in a certain manner

seat

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US / si:t /

UK / sit /

A1
  • noun
  • Place where a government or organization is based
  • A chair or place to sit
  • Official position in an organization
  • Part of a chair on which a person sits
  • verb
  • To have seats available for a number of people
  • To give someone a place to sit down

session

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US / ˈseʃn /

UK / ˈsɛʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Period of time used for a specific activity
  • Series of meetings for e.g. a court, legislature

train

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US / treɪn /

UK / tren /

A1
  • noun
  • Line of people, animals moving the same direction
  • Vehicle that carries people and runs on rails
  • Long rear section of a (e.g. wedding) dress
  • Series of events happening one after another
  • verb
  • To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
  • To educate someone in something, e.g. medicine
  • To cause a plant to grow a certain way by cutting
  • To point a certain way or toward something
  • To practice to get better at a thing, e.g. sports

ten

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US / ten /

UK / tɛn /

A1
  • number
  • 10

two

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

A1
  • number
  • 2

ball

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US / bɔ:l /

UK / bɔl /

A1
  • noun
  • Large dance where people dress formally
  • Small round object often used in a game or sport

lister

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US / 'lɪstə /

UK / 'lɪstə /

A1
  • other
  • Assessor who makes out the tax lists
  • English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics
  • Moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow

place

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US / pleɪs /

UK / ples /

A1
  • noun
  • Particular location, area or region
  • verb
  • To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • To put something in a certain location or position

similar

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US / ˈsɪmələ(r) /

UK / ˈsɪməlɚ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Nearly the same; alike

ultimately

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US / ˈʌltɪmətli /

UK / ˈʌltəmɪtli /

B1
  • adverb
  • Done or considered as the final and most important

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

UK / əˈbaʊt /

A1
  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

absolute

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US / ˈæbsəlu:t /

UK / ˈæbsəˌlut /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
  • noun
  • Something that is complete, total, pure, certain

again

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US / ə'ɡen /

UK / əˈɡɛn /

A1
  • adverb
  • One more time, once more

even

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US / 'i:vn /

UK / ˈivən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

eventually

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US / ɪˈventʃuəli /

UK / ɪˈvɛntʃuəli /

A2
  • adverb
  • After a long time; after many attempts; in the end

different

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US / ˈdɪfrənt /

UK / ˈdɪfrənt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not of the same kind; unlike other things

care

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US / keə(r) /

UK / kɛr /

A1
  • noun
  • Treatment you receive for your health or safety
  • Something that a person worries about
  • verb
  • To feel interest, concern, or worry
  • To look after someone or something

like

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US / laɪk /

UK / laɪk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

health

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US / helθ /

UK / hɛlθ /

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  • noun
  • (Person, company) being in a good condition; well

pittsburgh

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US / ˈpitsbə:ɡ /

UK / ˈpɪtsˌbɚɡ /

A1
  • proper noun
  • An industrial city in southwestern Pennsylvania, where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers join to

oscar

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US / 'ɒskə(r) /

UK / 'ɑskər /

B2
  • noun
  • Annual award given in the movie industry

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

A1
  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

san

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UK / /

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  • adjective
  • Relating to the San or their languages.
  • noun
  • A member of the aboriginal peoples of southern Africa commonly called Bushmen.
  • The group of Khoisan languages spoken by the San.

what

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US / wɒt /

UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
  • Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
  • adverb
  • To a certain degree
  • determiner
  • Question words used for asking for information
  • exclamation
  • Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
  • Used to ask people to repeat something they said

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

week

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US / wi:k /

UK / wik /

A1
  • noun
  • Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday

directly

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US / dəˈrektli /

UK / dɪˈrɛktli, daɪ- /

A2
  • adverb
  • In a frank and honest way
  • Right away; immediately

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

A1
  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

hard

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US / hɑ:d /

UK / hɑː(r)d /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
  • adverb
  • With lots of force, power, or impact

medium

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US / 'mi:dɪəm /

UK / ˈmidiəm /

A2
  • noun
  • Method of expressing ideas or feelings
  • Something available in a middle size or condition
  • Person who claims to communicate with the dead

obvious

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US / ˈɒbviəs /

UK / ˈɑbviəs /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Easily understood and clear; plain to see

recruit

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US / rɪ'kru:t /

UK / rɪˈkrut /

B1
  • noun
  • Person who has just joined the military
  • Person who has just begun a new activity or job
  • verb
  • To convince and help people to join the military
  • To find new employees, volunteers or members
  • To find people to join an organization or business

serendipitously

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serious

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US / ˈsɪəriəs /

UK / ˈsɪriəs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Giving something great energy or sincerity
  • Needing thought or concentration; important; grave
  • Being sincere about something; not joking

virtually

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US / ˈvɜ:tʃuəli /

UK / ˈvɚtʃuəli /

B1
  • adverb
  • In an almost complete or entire manner

case

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US / keɪs /

UK / kes /

A1
  • noun
  • Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • Set of facts about a crime
  • Set of facts about an event
  • Example or instance of something
  • verb
  • To find out about a place, as in planning to steal

antiquate

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UK / /

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  • other
  • Make obsolete or old-fashioned

anyone

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US / ˈeniwʌn /

UK / ˈɛniˌwʌn, -wən /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Any person

disrespect

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US / ˌdɪsrɪˈspekt /

UK / ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛkt /

B1
  • noun
  • Lack of respect
  • verb
  • To show disregard or a lack of respect for someone

great

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US / ɡreɪt /

UK / ɡret /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Very large in size
  • Very important
  • Very good; fantastic; wonderful
  • adverb
  • Very good; better than before
  • noun
  • Successful and well-admired person

mean

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US / mi:n /

UK / min /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being good at
  • Nasty; unkind
  • Not liking to spend money; cheap; stingy
  • noun
  • Average of a set of numbers
  • verb
  • To express a particular idea or thought
  • To intend to do something in particular
  • To have a particular meaning or value

lesson

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US / 'lesn /

UK / ˈlɛsən /

A1
  • noun
  • Something done to learn or teach something; class
  • Wisdom or knowledge received from an experience

silver

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US / 'sɪlvə(r) /

UK / ˈsɪlvɚ /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being the shiny gray color of mercury
  • noun
  • Person's name
  • Shiny gray color
  • Near white color metal with high value
  • Objects made from silver, such as dishes, forks
  • verb
  • To coat something with a layer of silver
  • To polish silver objects to make them shine

affinity

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US / ə'fɪnətɪ /

UK / əˈfɪnɪti /

B2
  • noun
  • A feeling of attraction or relationship

anymore

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US / 'enɪmɔ: /

UK / ˌɛniˈmɔr, -ˈmor /

A2
  • adverb
  • No longer; no more

extent

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US / ɪkˈstent /

UK / ɪkˈstɛnt /

A2
  • noun
  • Point, level or limit to which something reaches
  • Range or space included in something

family

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US / 'fæməlɪ /

UK / ˈfæmli /

A1
  • noun
  • Close group of people or organizations
  • A group of people who are related through blood
  • Group of related plants or animals

down

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US / daʊn /

UK / daʊn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being sad, sick, or unhappy
  • Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
  • adverb
  • In a sitting or lying position
  • Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
  • Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
  • noun
  • A period of play in American Football
  • The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
  • preposition
  • Along something's path, course, or direction
  • Going from a higher position to a lower position
  • verb
  • To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping

during

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  • preposition
  • At some point in the course of an event or thing

practice

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  • The office and place for legal or medical work
  • Doing something many times to become better at it
  • verb
  • To work as a doctor or lawyer
  • To live according to the teachings of a religion
  • To do something many times to improve a skill

student

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  • Person studying at school

then

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  • adverb
  • A time that is not now
  • Following another thing in time or arrangement
  • Following on reasonably from what was just stated
  • At that time, not now

step

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  • noun
  • Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • Distance covered by one movement of a leg; stride
  • One part or stage in a process
  • Sound made by the feet while walking; footstep
  • Flat horizontal piece that forms stairs
  • verb
  • To raise and moving the foot to put it down

cast

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  • noun
  • People who appear in a play or movie
  • Small amount of a particular color
  • Shape to pour hot metal in to create objects
  • Hard covering put around injured arm, leg etc.
  • verb
  • To give specific roles to actors in a movie, play
  • To describe someone's personality or character
  • To make objects using a mold
  • To be presented in a certain way
  • To send out or direct something
  • To throw something using a line, e.g. when fishing

hit

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  • noun
  • A planned killing, usually for money
  • Song, movie etc. that is successful
  • When someone strikes someone or something
  • Time when a player makes contact with the ball
  • Time when a website is accessed
  • verb
  • To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • To press something, such as a button or switch
  • To suddenly realize the importance of something
  • To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
  • To fight, attack or damage something or someone
  • To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
  • To make contact with the ball in a game or sport

interesting

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US / ˈɪntrəstɪŋ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Taking your attention; making you want to know
  • verb
  • To make someone want to know about something
  • To persuade to do, become involved with something

mainstream

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  • adjecitve
  • considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people
  • noun
  • Prevailing current of thought

nothing

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  • noun
  • Item of little or no value, importance, interest
  • Number or value of zero
  • pronoun
  • Not anything, not a single thing

tell

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  • verb
  • To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • To be able to guess
  • To say or communicate information to someone
  • To inform, but without speaking; indicate
  • To have a negative effect on someone
  • To order someone to do something; command
  • To recognize something based on certain signs
  • To report something to an authority
  • To explain something or teach someone something

york

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  • proper noun
  • A city in northern England, on the Ouse River; population 136,900 (est. 2009).
  • A commercial and industrial city in southeastern Pennsylvania; population 40,097 (est. 2008).
  • The southwestern tip of Hayes Peninsula, on Baffin Bay in Greenland. It served as a base for US expl

growth

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  • noun
  • Improvement, development in a skill over time
  • A mass on the skin or body part related to illness
  • Act of growing

kevin

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right

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

tendency

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  • noun
  • Likelihood to behave in a particular way

value

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  • noun
  • Importance you attach to something
  • Some information expressed as a number
  • Stated price of something; worth
  • verb
  • To place a high importance on something
  • To say how much money something is worth

arc

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  • noun
  • Smoothly curving line or movement
  • verb
  • To bend in a smooth curve

example

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  • noun
  • Thing, person which represents a category

happen

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  • verb
  • To take place or occur

perspective

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US / pə'spektɪv /

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  • noun
  • Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
  • Ability to understand what is important in life

pinball

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UK / ˈpɪnˌbɔl /

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  • noun
  • Game played on a sloping board with metal balls

yeah

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  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

virtual

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US / ˈvɜ:tʃuəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Existing only on the internet or on a computer
  • Existing only in a digital world
  • Almost being; nearly complete

few

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  • pronoun
  • Not many, a small number

for

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

necessarily

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  • adverb
  • In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable

rank

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  • adjecitve
  • Complete and total; very obvious
  • Growing out of control
  • (Of a smell) very bad; pungent; stinking
  • noun
  • Group of people with a certain level of status
  • Level or position, as in society/sport competition
  • A place for taxis to wait for customers
  • Row in which people stand side by side, as in army
  • verb
  • To rate or class things
  • To assign a level or status, as of importance, to
  • To put items into a sequence, e.g. of importance

time

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  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

why

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  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

through

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  • adjecitve
  • having finished using or doing something
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over, in, across an entire thing or place
  • Allowing you to pass between, or to
  • By a particular way or process; by the use of

vibe

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  • noun
  • Distinct emotional aura experienced instinctively

amazing

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  • adjecitve
  • Surprising in a pleasing way
  • verb
  • To cause wonder; to surprise completely

begin

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  • verb
  • To do the first part of an action; to start

cool

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  • adjecitve
  • Steady and calm when facing difficulties
  • Almost cold; not warm or hot
  • Smart or stylish in a way (young) people admire
  • Unfriendly in an indirect way; distant
  • verb
  • To make something decrease in temperature
  • (Of an emotion, etc.) to become less strongly felt

job

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  • noun
  • Something that must be done
  • Regular work at which you earn money

incredible

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  • adjecitve
  • Very good; amazing
  • Really good; amazing; great
  • Very hard to believe

medallist

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UK / ˈmedəlɪst /

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  • noun
  • Someone who receives a medal in sport

per

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UK / pɚ /

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  • preposition
  • In the manner directed or suggested
  • For each; during each

soon

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UK / sun /

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  • adverb
  • At a time not long from now

ski

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  • noun
  • Long thin board for the feet for moving on show
  • verb
  • To move over snow using skis

water

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UK / ˈwɔtɚ, ˈwɑtɚ /

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  • noun
  • Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • Large area such as an ocean or sea
  • verb
  • (Of the eyes) to produce tears
  • (Mouth) to become wet at the thought of nice food
  • To pour liquids onto a plant to keep it alive

association

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US / əˌsəʊʃɪ'eɪʃn /

UK / əˌsoʊʃi'eɪʃn /

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  • noun
  • Organization of people with the same interest

anyway

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  • adverb
  • A word used to change the topic of a conversation

benefit

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  • noun
  • Good result or effect, something advantageous
  • verb
  • To have a good effect or be helpful

duolingo

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leg

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  • noun
  • Part of the body from the hips down
  • The piece of furniture that touches the ground

producer

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  • noun
  • Company producing or growing a certain product
  • Person who organizes the making of a movie

period

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  • noun
  • Set amount of time during which events take place
  • A way to emphasize what you will say
  • A full stop (.), marking the end of a sentence
  • A menstrual cycle
  • A set time for a class to be held

personal

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US / ˈpɜ:sənl /

UK / ˈpɚsənəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Done by or to a particular person; individual
  • Concerning a person's private life or feelings

serendipity

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UK / ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti /

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  • noun
  • Good luck in making unexpected/fortunate discovery

ask

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  • verb
  • To say to someone that you want something

coffee

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US / ˈkɒfi /

UK / ˈkɔ:fi /

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  • adjecitve
  • A brown chocolate color
  • noun
  • A brown drink made from roasted beans and water

grow

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UK / ɡro /

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  • verb
  • To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
  • To improve; to develop better skills over time
  • To develop and become bigger or taller over time

introduction

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US / ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃn /

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  • noun
  • A first experience with something
  • Opening part of a text or piece of music
  • Explanation of something, e.g. a place
  • Announcement of a new product or service
  • Making someone known to another by name

kelly

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set

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  • adjecitve
  • Prepared for something; ready
  • noun
  • Complete group of something
  • Place where a television show or movie is filmed
  • Group of games in a tennis match
  • Device that receives radio or television signals
  • verb
  • To make a clock state or ring at a particular time
  • To decide upon or choose something
  • To make something ready for use (e.g. table)
  • To decide on a price for something
  • To become hard (of glue, concrete etc.)
  • To be located in a specific place or time
  • To put (e.g. a vase) down carefully in a place
  • To put someone in a certain condition or state
  • (Of the sun) to go lower than the horizon

specifically

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  • adverb
  • As regards a particular thing; closely related to
  • In particular

within

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UK / wɪðˈɪn, wɪθ- /

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  • adverb
  • Inside the limits of an area, time or range
  • preposition
  • From the inside of something

volunteer

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US / ˌvɒlən'tɪə(r) /

UK / ˌvɑlənˈtɪr /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Working willingly without pay to help others
  • noun
  • Person who helps others without being paid
  • verb
  • To work willingly without pay to help others

well

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

start

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  • noun
  • First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
  • Sudden action or movement because you are scared
  • other
  • Beginning of something in place or time
  • verb
  • To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
  • To turn something on

yourself

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US / jɔ:ˈself /

UK / jʊrˈsɛlf, jɔr-, jor-, jə- /

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  • pronoun
  • Reflexive form of 'you', used for an emphasis

check

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  • adjecitve
  • Decorated with squares made up of lines
  • noun
  • Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • Printed piece of paper you sign to pay for things
  • A mark on a form, equivalent to 'yes'; tick
  • Mark used to show that something is correct
  • Procedure to prevent errors or control something
  • verb
  • To confirm the details of something are correct
  • To leave your things with staff who look after it
  • To examine something to see if something is wrong
  • To examine in order to prevent errors/a problem

depend

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  • verb
  • Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)

difficult

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  • adjecitve
  • Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it

capability

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  • noun
  • Means, ability, or potential to do something

street

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  • noun
  • Road in a city with buildings and places to walk

vast

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  • adjecitve
  • Being very large in size or amount

card

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  • noun
  • One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
  • Small piece of paper or plastic used as ID
  • verb
  • (Golf) to record how many hits you took

career

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  • noun
  • Particular occupation in professional life
  • verb
  • To move forward very fast and without control

just

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

talk

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  • noun
  • Style of speaking
  • Discussion between two countries
  • Giving information in front of people; lecture
  • Saying things or ideas to someone with words
  • verb
  • To make a formal speech about something
  • To say things or ideas to someone with words

skate

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US / skeɪt /

UK / sket /

B2
  • noun
  • Flat sea fish
  • Boot with a metal blade attached to the bottom
  • Boot with small wheels attached to the bottom
  • verb
  • To slide on ice wearing boots with a metal blade
  • To slide on a surface, e.g. ice
  • To move wearing boots with wheels attached

eighty

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UK / ˈeti /

A1
  • number
  • 80

hour

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UK / aʊr /

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  • noun
  • 60 minutes
  • Particular time of the day
  • Fixed, regularly occurring time

orient

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US / 'ɔ:rɪənt /

UK / ˈɔriənt, -ˌɛnt, ˈor- /

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  • noun
  • Area comprising Asia
  • verb
  • To give information about something to newcomers

myself

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  • pronoun
  • The same person who did the action mentioned
  • My regular, usual, or healthy self

those

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UK / ðoz /

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  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

mayweather

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hyperdrive

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  • noun
  • (in science fiction) a propulsion system for travel in hyperspace.
  • Subtitles section
  • when people who have common interests decide to get together and talk and listen and brainstorm.
  • And I'm yet to do that in a, you know, with good people and not have something really incredible come out of it.
  • Not necessarily that day, but looking back five years later and just going, God, that was really worthwhile.
  • Totally.
  • Yeah.
  • A few thoughts in no particular order.
  • I would say the first is it depends, my recommendations depend a lot on where you are in the arc of your career in life.
  • If you are in full growth hyperdrive mode and you are trying to build both yourself and your capabilities in a very concentrated way, where you're not necessarily focused on family, you maybe have fewer obligations,
  • Then, if you're serious, I think many people should consider moving to an area of high density for a period of time.
  • It could be three months, it could be six months, it could be longer, but putting yourself in a New York
  • or in LA, or San Francisco, or Chicago, or as new places develop, I'll give you one you might not expect, say in Ottawa, Canada, where Shopify is based, and the presence and growth of Shopify has spawned an entire ecosystem of startups.
  • So there may be options outside of the usual cast of characters.
  • Pittsburgh and Duolingo, similar effect.
  • So there are more options than people might recognize, but taking a journey and placing yourself
  • in a place where you can be in a very active pinball machine, where you may interact serendipitously with many different people from many different worlds, I think is hard to overstate the value of.
  • drive and my filtering function, let's just say, because when I first got to the Bay Area, nobody cared about me.
  • I was nobody.
  • I was driving my mom's used minivan hand me down that had the seats stolen out of the back.
  • Were you in the South Bay?
  • I was.
  • I was working in San Jose.
  • I mean, no disrespect to San Jose, I'm from the South Bay, but there's a bleakness to the South Bay.
  • There is a little bit of bleakness.
  • And then I lived across the street in this tiny apartment, lived across the street from the Jack in the Box in Mountain View.
  • So it's not like I was strolling onto the big stage and just blowing people away.
  • Oh, I, I, I grew up right near Mountain View.
  • I'm very familiar.
  • I probably skated the curves at that.
  • Did you train at the Gold's gym off Rangestore?
  • I did actually.
  • Amazing.
  • That was a great gym.
  • That was a great gym.
  • That was a great gym.
  • I don't think it's still there.
  • I'd go there super late before my writing sessions.
  • And it had the benefit of being open really, really late.
  • And wow, Rangestore.
  • I haven't thought about that in a long time.
  • So the point is I also started where a lot of people are starting.
  • And what did I do?
  • I put myself in a high density environment.
  • Next, what did I do, knowing no one?
  • I started to volunteer at events where they had interesting speakers and interesting people coming to hear those speakers.
  • So I put myself in Silicon Valley and then I began volunteering for groups like SVACE, I don't know if it exists anymore, the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, I think it was, TIE, the Indus Entrepreneur, which is a very sort of Indian or Indian American
  • focused organization that does a lot in the realm of startups.
  • And I would carry water, I would take out garbage, I would check name badges, I would check people in.
  • Nothing was too low for me.
  • And I'll give you guys a tip that will be obvious to some but non obvious to many.
  • When you are volunteering, a lot of folks who volunteer do the absolute bare minimum because they are not getting paid.
  • This is not going to get you noticed.
  • But it sets a very low bar so that if you volunteer at these events and someone's dropping the ball or there's something happening that needs fixing and you just proactively do it, the producers of these events will notice you.
  • And this is what happened over time, over a few months.
  • And then I got invited to join in on meetings that were planning future events.
  • And I eventually got to the point where I was recruiting speakers and able to set the agenda for an entire main event.
  • And then that's how I got to know, say, Jack Canfield, who is the co creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul and many others, who introduced me to my book agent many, many, many, many years later, Jack Canfield.
  • But I was a nobody then.
  • You have to play the long game, but you can be methodical in how you play that.
  • And that is one approach, just as an example, for how to build your network, which snowballs over time.
  • Don't hump every VIP's leg within ten minutes of meeting them.
  • play it cool, you know, and the gatherings where that person is, uh, has a lot of demands on them is the last place you want to do that.
  • The way you're going to make yourself saliency to that, the way you're going to make yourself memorable with people like that is to be very professional, always on time, predict what they're going to need or problems they'll run into beforehand and address them before they even think of them and be easy to deal with.
  • And people like that, high performers notice these things.
  • They will make note of it.
  • Yeah.
  • The being easy to work with is something that, um, I used to tell my graduate students and postdocs, I mean, because the opposite of that, nobody wants.
  • Yeah.
  • Right.
  • Nobody wants that.
  • Yeah.
  • Especially in the beginning, like later.
  • Okay, great.
  • You're Steve jobs.
  • You want to be difficult here and there or a lot.
  • No problem.
  • Right.
  • But in the beginning, that can be a real liability.
  • You can make up for that if you're the best in the world, but in the very beginning you probably won't be.
  • So try to stack the deck in your favor.
  • Volunteering is a shortcut.
  • And that would be one way of doing it.
  • Another now, especially given the virtual communities that exist.
  • So you have subreddits, you have online communities, you have Twitter groups, you have Clubhouse, you've got a million different options, which can be overwhelming.
  • Clubhouse still going?
  • Maybe not.
  • I have no idea.
  • Oh, no, I don't know.
  • I'm not saying it's gone.
  • I just, I remember during the pandemic, there were some clubhouse gatherings that hopped on there, but I've sort of forgotten to get on there.
  • Maybe not.
  • The platform affinity is really fickle, which is why I think to the extent possible, if you want to build a world class, and I use that term very deliberately, network in record time, just to give you a nice headline.
  • I would say focus on the uncrowded channel, which is in person.
  • It's out of fashion.
  • It's out of vogue.
  • Going to a conference and actually interacting with humans in the hallway, approaching panelists.
  • This is another thing that I did.
  • I'll give another tip.
  • So very early on, I would go to conferences.
  • Nobody cared who I was.
  • Nobody knew who I was.
  • Fine.
  • And I would study the panels.
  • Let's say I'm going to a big event like South by Southwest.
  • And I would, this is what I did in two thousand seven, which was just prior to the first book coming out.
  • And I would go to these various in person events.
  • I was focused mostly on events that had the thematic focus of blogs.
  • We could come back to that.
  • But blogs were what podcasts were a few years ago.
  • They drove incredible traffic, but they were undervalued by mainstream media, undervalued by mainstream publishers, et cetera, which meant there was an arbitrage opportunity in a way.
  • And I would pick, say, a handful of panels with topics I thought were super interesting, and then the panel would end, and what would happen?
  • The panelists would get rushed by various folks, because many of them were well known.
  • Who was not getting rushed?
  • The moderator.
  • I would go straight to the moderator and I would talk to the moderator.
  • I'd thank them for the panel.
  • I'd be very genuine.
  • None of it was made up and talk to them for a bit.
  • They would generally ask why I was there, what I was interested in.
  • I would mention whatever that happened to be.
  • In this case, it was I'm finishing my first book or I had my first book coming out soon.
  • I'm here to hopefully meet people who are involved with A, B, or C. And then if we hit it off, which was not true every time, but if it seemed to be going well, I would say, I don't know anyone here.
  • I'm really sort of orphaned here, making my way through this entire event.
  • Is there anyone else here you think I would get along with who maybe I could buy a drink or a coffee?"
  • And the vast majority of the time they'd be like, oh yeah, you should meet so and so.
  • and then I get the introduction and then I would meet that person.
  • I would have a genuine interaction with that person and if it made sense, if things were going well, I'd do the same thing.
  • Is there anybody else here you think I should just say hi to and get along with?
  • Not who I can ask for something.
  • And that wasn't deception, I was being honest.
  • Like someone I could actually
  • vibe with, and if so, would you mind making the intro?"
  • I'm like, yeah, sure, no problem.
  • Many of those people are still my friends.
  • And by being surgical in that way, not trying to gather business cards, to use a really antiquated metaphor at this point.
  • People still hand them out.
  • Yeah, people still hand them out.
  • I guess it depends on where you are, especially like Boston.
  • But rather than trying to collect people as Pokemon cards,
  • Developing, say, three to five deeper relationships through longer conversations at an event, that is what directly led, ultimately, to the hockey stick for the four hour work week within tech, within, specifically, San Francisco.
  • So those would be a few approaches for building your network when you don't have the ability to just walk up to, say, a Kevin Kelly and have a conversation.
  • That came over time.
  • And whether or not it's health practices or nutritional practices or at meetings, it seems you're oriented toward the uncrowded, but very interesting people in spaces.
  • But the keyword there I think is uncrowded.
  • And of course the other keyword is interesting, right?
  • I mean, it's not like you're standing in the parking lot talking to whoever happens to be there, although that can be interesting.
  • There's a serendipity there and there's always things to learn from people.
  • But in terms of career advancement and building new ideas and forging for information, I'm just struck how you've done that over and over.
  • Again, thank you for giving us some insight into the process.
  • Please.
  • Here's another one.
  • I think there's a tendency among people who want to develop their networks or their relationships.
  • To be star fuckers not to get too technical, but that's a technical term.
  • Yeah.
  • Yeah And they want to tell other people they are friends with someone more than they want to develop skills or learn from someone This puts you in a very disadvantaged position
  • Because then that means, all right, you want to become friends with Elon Musk?
  • Good luck.
  • Or you want to become friends with this A lister celebrity who everyone else wants to meet?
  • Good luck.
  • It's going to be a crowded, bloody path to get there.
  • And by the way, they've also certainly developed really attuned defenses against people like you.
  • It's going to be hard.
  • They have staff to prevent that from happening.
  • They have a phalanx of protectors to prevent you from ever getting to that person.
  • On the other hand, if you're approaching it from the standpoint of developing skills, learning, and actually becoming potential friends with someone.
  • I'll give you an example.
  • You could go after, you want to become better at
  • Boxing.
  • Let's just make that up.
  • All right.
  • Maybe not the greatest example.
  • Skiing would be another one.
  • But let's stick with boxing just because of the way I'll explain it.
  • If you wanted to, say, get personalized lessons from Floyd Mayweather, ain't gonna happen.
  • Okay, let's go then maybe a step down out of the pro ranks to gold medalist.
  • Okay, if it's a brand new gold medalist, let's just say like Oscar de la Hoya when he was really the golden boy and had just thrashed everyone, still gonna be hard.
  • What about the silver medalist who just had a bad day when he had that last bout against Oscar de la Hoya?
  • Potentially, right?
  • From a technical perspective.
  • from a personal connection perspective, you may have more in common with that person or a bronze medalist, and they can get you seventy, eighty, ninety percent of the way there.
  • And by the way, you probably don't have the physical attributes to make it to a hundred percent anyway, if you're coming to it this late.
  • And you could get, in many cases, one on one lessons, whether in person or virtually, with someone who is of that caliber.
  • They're in the same front of the pack as the names I just mentioned, maybe not as famous.
  • A hundred bucks, two hundred bucks per hour?
  • For a lot of people, that is within reach.