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    UNIT 1: And we’re off!

    Break a record (verb phrase) Face your fear -s (verb phrase)

    ▫ to do something better than the ▫ Accept something that causes


    best known speed, time, number, terror.
    etc. previously achieved.

    2
    Get a lot of likes ( verb phrase) Have a sense of humor ( verb phrase)

    ▫ Especially in social media. ▫ To be funny.

    3
    Rise to a challenge ( verb phrase) Run a business ( verb phrase)

    ▫ To prove that one is equal to a ▫ To operate or be responsible for


    demand by acting forcefully or a business.
    correctly.

    4
    Run a marathon ( verb phrase) Set a goal for yourself ( verb phrase)

    ▫ To establish your own


    objectives.

    5
    Take pride in something ( verb phrase) Tell a joke ( verb phrase)

    ▫ To be proud of something. ▫ To tell someone something


    funny.

    6
    Win a medal ( verb phrase) Work with your hands ( verb phrase)

    7
    Ambitious (adj.) Confident (adj.)
    ambition (noun) confidence (noun)

    ▫ Adj. having a strong with to be ▫ Adj. Being certain of your


    successful, powerful, or rich. abilities or having trust in
    ▫ Noun. Strong wish to achieve people, plans, or the future.
    something. ▫ Noun. The quality of being
    certain of your abilities or of
    having trust in people, plans, or
    the future.

    8
    Creative (adj.) Enthusiastic (adj.)
    creativity (noun) enthusiasm (noun)

    ▫ Adj. Producing or using original ▫ Adj. Showing enthusiasm.


    and unusual ideas. ▫ Noun. A feeling or energetic
    ▫ Noun. The ability to produce or interest in a particular subject
    use original and unusual ideas. or activity and an eagerness to
    be involved in it.

    9
    Experienced (adj.) Independent (adj.)
    experience (noun) independence (noun)

    ▫ Adj. Having skill or knowledge ▫ Adj. Not influenced or


    because you have done something controlled in any way by other
    many times. people, events, or things.
    ▫ Noun. The process of getting ▫ Noun. Freedom from being
    knowledge or skill from doing, governed or ruled by another
    seeing, or feeling things. country, for example.

    10
    Polite (adj.) Qualified (adj.)
    politeness (noun) qualification (noun)

    ▫ Adj. Behaving in a way that is ▫ Adj. Having finished a training


    socially correct and shows course, or having particular
    understanding of and care for skills, etc.
    other people’s feelings. ▫ An official record showing that
    ▫ Noun. Behavior that is socially you have finished a training
    correct and shows understanding course or have the necessary
    of and care for other people’s skills.
    feelings.

    11
    Responsible (adj.) Successful (adj.)
    responsibility (noun) success (noun)

    ▫ Adj. to have control and authority ▫ Adj. Achieving the results


    over something or someone and wanted or hoped for.
    the duty of taking care of it, him, or ▫ Noun. The achieving of the
    her. results wanted or hoped for.
    ▫ Noun. Something that it is your job
    or duty to deal with.

    12
    Truthful (adj.)
    truthfulness (noun)

    ▫ Adj. Honest and not containing or


    telling any lies.
    ▫ Noun. The quality of being honest
    and not containing or telling any
    lies.

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