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Unit 10 - Lesson 1

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to reduce
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stress
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to take a breath
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to set aside
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downtime
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to slow down
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to take up
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hobby
to reduce
to reduce
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to make something smaller in amount, degree, price, etc.

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The company decided to reduce the prices of its products to attract more customers.
Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help reduce the risk of certain diseases.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
stress
stress
noun
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a feeling of anxiety and worry caused by different life problems

to take a breath
phrase
uk flag
/tˈeɪk ɐ bɹˈɛθ/

to draw air into the lungs and then release it, typically for the purpose of calming down, resting, or breathing naturally

to set aside
to set aside
Verb
uk flag
/sˈɛt ɐsˈaɪd/

to keep or save money, time, etc. for a specific purpose

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
set
phrase's particle
aside
downtime
noun
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the time in which a machine, like a computer, is not operational

uptime

Grammatical Information:

compound noun
to slow down
to slow down
Verb
uk flag
/sloʊ ˈdaʊn/

(of a person) to start taking things less seriously and try to enjoy life a bit more

tense

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
slow
phrase's particle
down
to take up
to take up
Verb
uk flag
/tˈeɪk ˈʌp/

to occupy a particular amount of space or time

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
take
phrase's particle
up
hobby
hobby
noun
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an activity that we enjoy doing in our free time

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