Unit 1 - achievements and challenges Flashcards
achieve
to succeed in doing something good, usually by working hard
Achive a dream, an ambition or fame
attempt
If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it
Attempt a task/ to do something
encounter
to experience something unpleasant
Encounter a problem, difficulties
face
If you face a problem, or a problem faces you, you have to deal with it
Face difficulties, your fears, a challenge
fulfil
Achieve/Realize/Complete something desired, promised or predicted. “Fulfil your potential”
Fulfil your potential, a dream, an ambition
overcome
to deal with and control a problem or feeling
Overcome obstacles, difficulties, problems
reach
to arrive at a particular point or stage of something after a period of time / to achieve a particular aim
Reach the summit, the top, your goal
risk
To have the chance to lose something “risk everything, your life”
take up
to accept something
Take up an offer, an invitation , a challenge
take a risk
to do something even though you know that something bad could happen as a result
to succeed in doing something good, usually by working hard
Achive a dream, an ambition or fame
achieve
If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it
Attempt a task/ to do something
attempt
to experience something unpleasant
Encounter a problem, difficulties
encounter
If you face a problem, or a problem faces you, you have to deal with it
Face difficulties, your fears, a challenge
face
Achieve/Realize/Complete something desired, promised or predicted. “Fulfil your potential”
Fulfil your potential, a dream, an ambition
fulfil
