Summit 1B "Unit 10 - Lesson 1" Vocabulary

to reduce

Verb

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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

noun

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a feeling of anxiety and worry caused by different life problems

to take a breath

phrase

/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

Verb

/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

Verb

/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

Verb

/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

noun

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an activity that we enjoy doing in our free time

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