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Definition
assume
verb
/sum/
assumption
noun [count]
/smp()n/
blind
adjective
/bland/
brain
noun [count]
/bren/
the organ inside your head that The human brain is divided
into two halves.
allows you to think and feel,
and controls your body
challenge
yourself
verb
child prodigy
noun [count]
/tald prddi/
coin
noun [count]
/kn/
crucial
adjective
/kru()l/
deaf
adjective
/def/
not able to hear anything or not Hes a little deaf in one ear, but
able to hear very well. Many deaf he can cope at school.
people wear a hearing aid to
help them hear. Deaf people
often use their hands to
communicate in sign language
and many can lip-read what
other people are saying.
/dfan fktr/
develop an
ability
phrase
/dvelp n
blti/
exceptional
adjective
/ksepn()l/
exist
verb
/zst/
explore the
possibilities
phrase
/ksplr
psbltiz/
figure out
phrasal verb
/fjr at/
to be able to understand
We had to figure out the
something or to solve a problem connection between the
two events.
/fand slu()n/
Sample Sentence
openMind
Word / Phrase Part of Speech
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genius
noun [count]
/dinis/
gifted
adjective
/ftd/
glass
noun [noncount]
/ls/
go back over
verb phrase
/o bk ovr/
adjective
/hrd nd fst/
hopeful
adjective
/hopfl/
hopeless
adjective
/hopls/
illustrate
verb
/lstret/
incredibly
adverb
/nkredbli/
extremely
intelligence
noun [noncount]
/nteldns/
inventor
noun [count]
/nventr/
IQ
noun [noncount]
/a kju/
keyboard
noun [count]
/kibrd/
left-brain
adjective
/left bren/
left-handed
adjective
/left hndd/
lift
verb
/lft/
like
preposition
/lak/
logic
noun [noncount]
/ldk/
openMind
Word / Phrase Part of Speech
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matchstick
noun [count]
/mtstk/
of some kind
phrase
/v sm kand/
ordinary
adjective
/rd()neri/
originality
noun [noncount]
/rdnlti/
overlook
verb
/ovrlk/
painful
adjective
/penf()l/
painless
adjective
/penls/
perhaps
adverb
/prhps/
poor
adjective
/pr/
of low quality
powerless
adjective
/parls/
raise
verb
/rez/
range
verb
/rend/
to be included in a group of
The scores ranged from
numbers, ages, measurements, 4298%.
etc. with particular fixed limits
reader
noun [count]
/ridr/
right-brain
adjective
/rat bren/
right-handed
adjective
/rat hndd/
rock star
noun [count]
/rk str/
speculate
verb
/spekjlet/
straight
adjective
/stret/
successful
adjective
/sksesfl/
systematically
adverb
/sstmtkli/
talented
adjective
/tlntd/
openMind
Word / Phrase Part of Speech
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test
verb
/test/
thoughtful
adjective
/tf()l/
thoughtless
adjective
/tls/
upside-down
adjective
/psad dan/
with the top part at the bottom She made a bench with two
or lower than the bottom part upside-down pots and a plank
of wood.
useless
adjective
/jusls/
well-known
adjective
/wel non/
work of art
noun [count]
/wrk v rt/
Useful Expressions
Useful Expressions
Topic / Category
Sample Sentence
be under pressure
Think again!
It cant be
Think again!
It could be
Think again!
It looks like
Think again!
way of working
Think again!