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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5: Fidelity vs Performance Mode Comparison - Which Mode Works Best?

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eschew

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  • verb
  • To avoid doing; give up; shun

bulk

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  • noun
  • Most of something; majority of
  • Big size; largeness; heaviness

implementation

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  • noun
  • A practical means for accomplishing something

face

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  • noun
  • Side or outer surface of something
  • An expression using mouth, nose, eyes etc.
  • Front part of the head where eyes, mouth etc. are
  • Characteristics you show in public
  • verb
  • To cover a surface with something like paint
  • To deal with a problem or responsibilities
  • To look toward; point in a certain direction

street

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  • noun
  • Road in a city with buildings and places to walk

though

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  • adverb
  • Although, despite the fact that

window

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  • noun
  • Opening in a wall or door to let in light
  • Opening in a wall through which people do business

through

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  • adjecitve
  • having finished using or doing something
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over, in, across an entire thing or place
  • Allowing you to pass between, or to
  • By a particular way or process; by the use of

lower

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  • adjecitve
  • In a position more near the bottom
  • verb
  • To move something downward to the ground

time

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  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

set

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  • adjecitve
  • Prepared for something; ready
  • noun
  • Complete group of something
  • Place where a television show or movie is filmed
  • Group of games in a tennis match
  • Device that receives radio or television signals
  • verb
  • To make a clock state or ring at a particular time
  • To decide upon or choose something
  • To make something ready for use (e.g. table)
  • To decide on a price for something
  • To become hard (of glue, concrete etc.)
  • To be located in a specific place or time
  • To put (e.g. a vase) down carefully in a place
  • To put someone in a certain condition or state
  • (Of the sun) to go lower than the horizon

quality

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  • noun
  • Feature associated with someone or something
  • High level of worth or excellence

difference

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US / 'dɪfrəns /

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  • noun
  • A thing or issue that people do not agree about
  • Not of the same kind; unlike other things

title

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  • noun
  • Book produced by a publisher
  • Name given to something to identify or describe it
  • Name showing profession, marriage or social status
  • (Legal) the right to own something, e.g. property
  • Position of being the winner in a sport or contest
  • verb
  • To give a name to identify or describe something

door

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  • noun
  • You walk through this when you go in a room

range

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  • noun
  • Cooking stove with multiple burners
  • Given distance from a point; how far plane can fly
  • Large grassy area where cattle wander and feed
  • Group or chain of mountains
  • Set of things with something in common
  • Limits within which something extends or varies
  • A set of products, e.g. so that people can choose
  • verb
  • To cover an area from one point to another
  • To extend to or vary within given limits
  • To put things in a row or in line
  • To wander or explore

trace

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US / treɪs /

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  • noun
  • Very small quantity of something
  • verb
  • To make an outline to determine a shape
  • To find someone or something that has disappeared
  • To draw the outline of an image through thin paper

idle

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US / ˈaɪdl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not having the will to be active; lazy
  • (Of machine) not being used
  • verb
  • (Of engine) to be running but not moving the car
  • To waste time; be lazy

extend

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  • verb
  • To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
  • To reach from one point to another
  • To straighten or stretch something out, e.g. leg
  • To make something last longer

few

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US / fju: /

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  • pronoun
  • Not many, a small number

ray

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US / reɪ /

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  • noun
  • Person's name
  • Lines of light coming from an object
  • Fish with a pointed tail and flat body

glance

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  • noun
  • Quick or temporary look at
  • verb
  • To look somewhere quickly and then look away

much

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  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

fidelity

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US / fɪˈdeləti /

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  • noun
  • Loyalty

pop

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US / pɒp /

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B2
  • adjecitve
  • Type of music or art popular with many people
  • noun
  • Sweet soda drink
  • verb
  • To cause something to open or burst suddenly
  • To go to or in a place for a brief period of time

just

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US / dʒʌst /

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

for

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US / fə(r) /

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

transparency

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US / trænsˈpærənsi /

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  • noun
  • Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
  • Fact of being able to be seen through
  • Quality of being clear and easily understood

dramatic

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US / drəˈmætɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Gripping the attention; causing an effect
  • (Of an event) sudden and extreme

notable

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  • adjecitve
  • Being famous or well-known
  • Deserving notice or mention; important

behold

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US / bɪˈhəʊld /

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  • verb
  • To look at

improvement

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  • noun
  • Addition or change that makes something better

water

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  • noun
  • Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
  • Large area such as an ocean or sea
  • verb
  • (Of the eyes) to produce tears
  • (Mouth) to become wet at the thought of nice food
  • To pour liquids onto a plant to keep it alive

well

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US / wel /

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

visibly

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  • adverb
  • So as to be seen or noticed

here

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

appear

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  • verb
  • To be seen, become visible; come into sight
  • To seem to be
  • To act in a play, movie, or be mentioned in media

reflection

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US / rɪˈflekʃn /

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  • noun
  • Sign or indication of a state or condition
  • Image that you see in a mirror, glass, or water
  • An image in glass, water, a mirror, etc.
  • Process of thinking carefully about something

basic

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US / 'beɪsɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • At the most important or easiest (beginner) level

thoroughfare

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US / ˈθʌrəfeə(r) /

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  • noun
  • A road, path or way

clock

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  • noun
  • A device that shows the time
  • verb
  • To measure the time something takes

many

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US / 'menɪ /

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer a large number of things

performance

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US / pə'fɔ:məns /

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  • noun
  • Act of doing something
  • Activity done to entertain an audience

too

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US / tu: /

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  • adverb
  • In addition, also; with emphasis
  • Say that something is more than you want

absence

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  • noun
  • State of not being present, or not existing

taste

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US / teɪst /

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  • noun
  • (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
  • A liking for something; preference
  • Brief experience of something
  • verb
  • To experience something
  • To experience the flavor of food, drink
  • To briefly experience to see if you like something

side

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US / saɪd /

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  • adjecitve
  • In addition to the central or most important thing
  • Next to, or very close to, the right or left of
  • noun
  • Position or opinion that is opposite to another
  • Right or left part of a person's body
  • Feature of someone's personality
  • Straight edge of an object
  • One of two or more groups fighting each other
  • verb
  • To decide to agree with one point, not the other

retain

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US / rɪ'teɪn /

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  • verb
  • To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
  • To keep one thing inside another for a time
  • To memorize information

perfectly

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  • adverb
  • In a faultless manner; without mistakes

glossy

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  • adjecitve
  • Smooth and shiny

mode

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  • noun
  • Fashion and design
  • Status or way of functioning

outing

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  • noun
  • Brief, outdoor pleasure trip of a group of people

use

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US / ju:s /

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  • noun
  • Ability to employ something
  • Need to enable it to work
  • Permission to do something with something
  • Act of spending money
  • Operation of a machine for its function
  • verb
  • To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
  • To need to operate or work
  • To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
  • To treat a person badly
  • To do something with, for a task or purpose

new

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  • adjecitve
  • Not old, recently born, built or made
  • Being or doing something for the first time
  • Not felt, seen or known previously
  • Having been recently bought or obtained

totally

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  • adverb
  • In a complete way; completely; absolutely

blue

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  • adjecitve
  • Color of the clear sky
  • Feeling sad or down

but

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

lamp

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  • noun
  • Device to produce light, using electricity/oil/gas

experience

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  • noun
  • Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • An event at which you learned something
  • Knowledge gained by living life, doing new things
  • verb
  • To gain knowledge by doing things

grass

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US / grɑ:s /

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  • noun
  • Slang name for marijuana
  • Plants with narrow green leaves, grown on lawns
  • verb
  • To betray someone
  • To cover an area of ground to make a lawn or field

opening

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  • noun
  • Free job; job you can apply for
  • Action of starting something, e.g. a new business
  • verb
  • To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
  • To start the activities or services of a business
  • To make a space or hole appear in something
  • To move or change so that it is no longer closed
  • To start something, e.g. a new business

represent

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  • verb
  • To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
  • To show or describe something in a particular way
  • To act on behalf of others in government
  • To act or speak for another person or other people

table

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  • noun
  • Diagram that shows data in rows and columns
  • Raised flat surface you sit at to work or eat
  • verb
  • To leave an idea to be discussed at a later date

compare

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US / kəm'peə(r) /

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  • verb
  • To consider how similar and different things are

detailed

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US / ˈdi:teɪld /

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  • adjecitve
  • Developed or made with great care

bye

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US / baɪ /

UK / baɪ /

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  • exclamation
  • Saying farewell to someone

not

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

effect

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  • noun
  • An advantage, benefit
  • Change brought about by a cause; result

video

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  • adjecitve
  • Of a moving film, with sound
  • noun
  • Recording capturing action with sound
  • verb
  • To make a moving film of, with sound

deliver

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US / dɪ'lɪvə(r) /

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  • verb
  • To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
  • To save someone from a problem or crisis
  • To keep a promise; do what you say you would
  • To present something to a group, as a speech
  • To take something to a person or place

support

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  • noun
  • Assistance or advice given to someone
  • Evidence that helps prove something is true
  • A thing to hold up or prevent from falling down
  • verb
  • To give assistance or advice to someone
  • To help prove or show that something is true
  • To hold up or prevent from falling down

technically

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  • adverb
  • In an exact and particular manner

reasonable

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  • adjecitve
  • Being somewhat good, but not great
  • Fair and sensible; appropriate

expect

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US / ɪk'spekt /

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  • verb
  • To believe something is probably going to happen

afield

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US / əˈfi:ld /

UK / əˈfild /

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  • adverb
  • Far away; far from home

substantial

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  • adjecitve
  • (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
  • Being large in degree, quantity, or size
  • Being strongly and firmly made or built

can

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US / kæn /

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

metallic

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US / məˈtælɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Containing, made of or resembling a metal

cut

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  • noun
  • Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
  • Small opening made using a sharp object, knife
  • A wound on someone's skin caused by a sharp object
  • verb
  • To reduce the size or amount of something
  • To use knife or scissors to divide, open surfaces

same

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US / seɪm /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in quality and amount
  • Identical; not different
  • Not changing; constant

themselves

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US / ðəmˈselvz /

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  • pronoun
  • Reflexive form of 'they'

scale

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US / skeɪl /

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  • noun
  • Size, level, or amount when compared
  • Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
  • Device that is used to weigh a person or thing
  • Range of numbers from the lowest to the highest
  • Dimensions or size of something
  • verb
  • To change the size of but keep the proportions
  • To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
  • To remove the scales of a fish

similar

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US / ˈsɪmələ(r) /

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  • adjecitve
  • Nearly the same; alike

checkerboard

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US / ˈtʃekəbɔ:d /

UK / ˈtʃekərbɔ:rd /

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  • noun
  • Board having squares of two alternating colors

accomplish

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US / ə'kʌmplɪʃ /

UK / əˈkɑmplɪʃ /

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  • verb
  • To succeed in doing; complete successfully

place

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US / pleɪs /

UK / ples /

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  • noun
  • Particular location, area or region
  • verb
  • To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • To put something in a certain location or position

curtail

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US / kɜ:ˈteɪl /

UK / kɜ:rˈteɪl /

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  • verb
  • To limit something or make it smaller

least

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US / li:st /

UK / list /

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  • adverb
  • In the smallest or lowest way
  • noun
  • Something that is of the lowest or smallest degree

lack

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US / læk /

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  • noun
  • The state of not having or not having enough of
  • A shortage of something
  • verb
  • To not have, or not have enough, of something

kick

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US / kɪk /

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  • noun
  • Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
  • verb
  • To hit or move something with the foot

essentially

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US / ɪˈsenʃəli /

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  • adverb
  • Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)

step

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US / step /

UK / stɛp /

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  • noun
  • Movement done as part of a particular dance
  • Distance covered by one movement of a leg; stride
  • One part or stage in a process
  • Sound made by the feet while walking; footstep
  • Flat horizontal piece that forms stairs
  • verb
  • To raise and moving the foot to put it down

glass

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US / ɡlɑ:s /

UK / ɡlæs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being made of glass
  • noun
  • Clear hard container used for drinking
  • A lens for eyewear
  • Hard see-through material used for making windows

square

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US / skweə(r) /

UK / skwɛr /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being fair or honest
  • Multiply a number by itself e.g. 2x2 or 6x6
  • noun
  • Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
  • The result of multiplying Length by the width
  • Open public area in the middle of the town
  • verb
  • To make something balance or be equal
  • To multiply a number by itself, e.g. 2x2 or 6x8
  • To straighten the edge to form a four-sided shape

particularly

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US / pəˈtikjuləli /

UK / pɚˈtɪkjələli, pəˈtɪk- /

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  • adverb
  • Specially; more than others

cabinet

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US / ˈkæbɪnət /

UK / ˈkæbənɪt /

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  • noun
  • Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
  • Group of advisors to a leader of a government

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

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  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

sit

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US / sɪt /

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  • verb
  • To take an exam
  • To be in a resting position on a chair
  • To provide seating for people
  • To remain in a still position while being painted

sequence

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US / 'si:kwəns /

UK / ˈsikwəns, -ˌkwɛns /

A2
  • noun
  • Part of a movie showing one part of the story
  • verb
  • To arrange things in an order they should happen

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

A1
  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

A1
  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

offer

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US / 'ɒfə(r) /

UK / ˈɔfɚ, ˈɑfɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Price you say you are willing to pay for something
  • Act of making a thing available to be accepted
  • verb
  • To suggest a price you are willing to pay
  • To give the opportunity to accept something
  • To say you are willing to do something
  • To give or say something as an act of worship

closely

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US / 'kləʊslɪ /

UK / ˈkloslɪ /

A2
  • adverb
  • In a careful manner
  • Nearby; just next to

fly

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US / flaɪ /

UK / flai /

A1
  • noun
  • Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • Opening with fold of cloth hiding zipper on pants
  • verb
  • To move in the wind, e.g. a flag
  • To move at a high speed
  • To travel in a plane, helicopter, balloon etc.
  • To pilot people or items by plane
  • To travel through the air using wings

obvious

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US / ˈɒbviəs /

UK / ˈɑbviəs /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Easily understood and clear; plain to see

hard

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US / hɑ:d /

UK / hɑː(r)d /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
  • adverb
  • With lots of force, power, or impact

modifier

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US / ˈmɒdɪfaɪə(r) /

UK / ˈmɑ:dɪfaɪə(r) /

B1
  • noun
  • Word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

like

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US / laɪk /

UK / laɪk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

run

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US / rʌn /

UK / rʌn /

A1
  • noun
  • Journey between two places made by ship or car
  • Series of similar things or successes and failures
  • Act of running; exercise of running
  • verb
  • To depart or travel according to a schedule
  • To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
  • (Of an engine) to be operating
  • To start or use a computer program
  • To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
  • To manage or operate a business
  • To operate or drive something
  • (Of a road) to go from one place to another
  • To move your legs faster than walking

term

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US / tɜ:m /

UK / tɚm /

A1
  • noun
  • Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • Length of time something is expected to happen
  • Fixed period of weeks for learning at school
  • The (precise) name given to something
  • verb
  • To call; give a name to

less

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US / les /

UK / lɛs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Smaller in amount or degree
  • adverb
  • To a smaller degree
  • noun
  • A smaller amount
  • preposition
  • With the subtraction of

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

solution

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US / səˈlu:ʃn /

UK / səˈluʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
  • Way to solve or deal with a problem

hardware

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US / ˈhɑ:dweə(r) /

UK / ˈhɑ:rdwer /

A2
  • noun
  • Physical parts of a computer, machine or device
  • Items such as computers, monitors and keyboards
  • Metal tools or parts used to repair something

play

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US / pleɪ /

UK / pleɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Loose, free movement between two objects
  • Single action in a sports game
  • Performance in which people act in a theater
  • verb
  • To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
  • To perform music on an instrument
  • To use a device, e.g. a video game
  • To do something for enjoyment and fun
  • To do or perform a game or sport

coverage

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US / ˈkʌvərɪdʒ /

UK / ˈkʌvərɪdʒ /

A2
  • noun
  • Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts

one

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US / wʌn /

UK / wʌn /

A1
  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

material

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US / məˈtɪəriəl /

UK / məˈtɪriəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Relevant; (of evidence) important or significant
  • Belonging to the world of physical things
  • noun
  • Cloth; fabric
  • Supplies or data needed to do a certain thing
  • Substance from which a thing is made of

entire

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US / ɪn'taɪə(r) /

UK / ɛnˈtaɪr /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Complete or full; with no part left out; whole

essential

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US / ɪ'senʃl /

UK / ɪˈsɛnʃəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Extremely or most important and necessary

image

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US / 'ɪmɪdʒ /

UK / ˈɪmɪdʒ /

A2
  • noun
  • Picture, sculpture or painting of something
  • General idea or opinion of something
  • verb
  • To obtain pictures by scanning them with a machine

surface

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US / 'sɜ:fɪs /

UK / ˈsɚfəs /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Of the top layer; not deep or meaningful
  • noun
  • Top layer of the ground or of water
  • Nature or emotions that show, but may not be true
  • Outside or upper layer of something
  • verb
  • To give (road) a top layer
  • To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
  • To come to the top of something; emerge
  • To come to the top level of water, mud, etc.

tweak

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US / twi:k /

UK / twik /

C1
  • noun
  • A small change or adjustment
  • verb
  • To make a small change or adjustment

level

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US / 'levl /

UK / ˈlɛvəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • (Sports) equal to another
  • Being steady and determined (e.g. a voice)
  • noun
  • Specific height of something
  • Amount of ability you have compared to others
  • Floor or deck within a building
  • Tool used to determine if something is lying flat
  • verb
  • To aim a gun at someone
  • To destroy a building; flatten an area completely
  • To make things flat or even
  • To make a score equal to another, in sports

transparent

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US / trænsˈpærənt /

UK / trænsˈpærənt /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Being open to see and to public criticism
  • Able to be seen through
  • Being simple and easily understood

you

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US / jʊ /

UK / ju /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

make

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US / meɪk /

UK / mek /

A1
  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

how

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US / haʊ /

UK / haʊ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

A1
  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈʌðər /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

outside

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US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /

UK / aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtˌsaɪd /

A2
  • adverb
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
  • noun
  • Area around or near something, such as a building
  • preposition
  • Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing

foliage

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US / ˈfəʊliɪdʒ /

UK / ˈfoʊliɪdʒ /

B2
  • noun
  • Leaves of a plant

able

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US / 'eɪbl /

UK / ˈebəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

might

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US / maɪt /

UK / maɪt /

A1
  • other
  • Used to politely request an action
  • Used to express that something could happen
  • Power, strength, force or influence

than

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US / ðən /

UK / ðən /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

also

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US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /

UK / ˈɔlso /

A1
  • adverb
  • In addition; too; in a similar way

body

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US / ˈbɒd.i /

UK / ˈbɑdi /

A1
  • noun
  • An object distinct from other objects
  • A group of people involved in an activity together
  • Main part of something
  • A person's physical self

classroom

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US / ˈklɑ:sru:m /

UK / ˈklæsˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

A1
  • noun
  • Room in a school where lessons take place

welcome

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US / 'welkəm /

UK / ˈwɛlkəm /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being what was wanted or needed
  • noun
  • Friendly greeting to someone who has arrived
  • verb
  • To greet someone who has just arrived
  • To accept or receive something happily and gladly

rate

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US / reɪt /

UK / ret /

A1
  • noun
  • Current price or cost of something
  • Speed or frequency of events over time
  • verb
  • To assess something or consider its qualities

across

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US / əˈkrɔs /

UK / əˈkrɔs,əˈkrɑs /

A1
  • adverb
  • Distance from one side to another
  • (Go) from one side to the other of something

stand

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US / stænd /

UK / stænd /

A1
  • noun
  • Effort to fight against something
  • Piece of furniture; device to hold or support
  • Place in a stadium where spectators watch
  • Table where things are sold at a fair or market
  • verb
  • To be a candidate in an election
  • To be able to accept someone, something; bear
  • To last for a long time
  • To be upright; not be sitting or lying down
  • To place something in a particular position; place
  • To be (as stated)
  • To still be valid
  • To have an opinion about something

variety

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US / və'raɪətɪ /

UK / vəˈraɪɪti /

A2
  • noun
  • Particular type of thing or person

two

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

A1
  • number
  • 2

paint

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US / peɪnt /

UK / pent /

A1
  • noun
  • Colored liquid you apply with a brush
  • verb
  • To make a picture with colored liquids
  • To describe as
  • To apply a color, oil or sealant with a brush

game

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US / ɡeɪm /

UK / ɡem /

A1
  • noun
  • Activity with rules that people play to have fun
  • Birds and animals people hunt to kill and eat
  • Match between two teams

most

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US / məʊst /

UK / most /

A1
  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

visual

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US / 'vɪʒʊəl /

UK / ˈvɪʒuəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Of or relating to vision
  • noun
  • Pictures/images used to help audience understand

back

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US / bæk /

UK / bæk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • adverb
  • Have returned to a place you were before
  • noun
  • The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
  • Location at the rear of something
  • The reverse of side something
  • Area on the rear of your body
  • verb
  • To bet money on something
  • To go backwards in a car
  • To support and encourage someone or some cause

distance

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US / 'dɪstəns /

UK / ˈdɪstəns /

A2
  • noun
  • Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • Amount of space between two places or things
  • verb
  • To make it clear that you are not involved

perhaps

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US / pəˈhæps /

UK / pɚˈhæps /

A1
  • adverb
  • Possibly, but not certainly; maybe

any

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US / 'enɪ /

UK / ˈɛni /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

throughout

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US / θru:ˈaʊt /

UK / θruˈaʊt /

A2
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over/across an entire place/thing; in every part

observe

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US / əbˈzɜ:v /

UK / əbˈzɜ:rv /

A2
  • verb
  • To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
  • To obey or follow laws, rules, or customs
  • To watch carefully; to make a comment

along

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US / əˈlɒŋ /

UK / əˈlɔ:ŋ /

A1
  • adverb
  • As a companion; taken with someone
  • preposition
  • At a point on a line

issue

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US / 'ɪʃu: /

UK / ˈɪʃu /

A2
  • noun
  • Important topic discussed, debated or argued over
  • Single edition of a magazine
  • verb
  • To make something available to be used or sold
  • To deliver a statement, etc. in an official manner

frame

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US / freɪm /

UK / frem /

A2
  • noun
  • Structure that holds a picture or photo
  • A person's body shape determined by their skeleton
  • Main part of structures supporting the other parts
  • verb
  • To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
  • To put say or write something in a careful way
  • To put a picture in a protective structure

early

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US / ˈɜ:li /

UK / ˈɜ:rli /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Happening or appearing before
  • adverb
  • Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
  • Happening sooner than expected

showcase

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US / ˈʃəʊkeɪs /

UK / ˈʃoʊkeɪs /

C1
  • noun
  • Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
  • Setting to display something to best effect
  • verb
  • To display something to best effect

version

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US / ˈvə:ʃən /

UK / ˈvɚʒən, -ʃən /

A2
  • noun
  • Different way that someone interprets something
  • New or different form of something
  • An updated form of some software

screen

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US / skri:n /

UK / skrin /

A2
  • noun
  • Wire net in a door or window to keep insects out
  • Displays in a theater on which movies are shown
  • Flat surface on a computer or TV showing images
  • verb
  • To hide or block something from being seen
  • To examine to find something, e.g. best candidate

think

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US / θɪŋk /

UK / θɪŋk /

A1
  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

something

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US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

A1
  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

accurate

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US / ˈækjərət /

UK / ˈækjərɪt /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • With no mistake or error; Correct

far

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US / fɑ:(r) /

UK / fɑr /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A long way away
  • Being a long way away
  • adverb
  • To a large degree or extent

completely

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US / kəmˈpli:tli /

UK / kəmˈpliːtli /

A1
  • adverb
  • In every way or as much as possible

critically

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US / 'krɪtɪklɪ /

UK / ˈkrɪtɪklɪ /

A2
  • adverb
  • As part of the process of judging something
  • In a way that is serious or dangerous; vitally

environment

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US / ɪn'vaɪrənmənt /

UK / ɛnˈvaɪrənmənt, -ˈvaɪən- /

A1
  • noun
  • Natural world in which plants and animals live
  • The entire surrounding conditions of something

commitment

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US / kə'mɪtmənt /

UK / kəˈmɪtmənt /

A2
  • noun
  • Permanent love or concern for person, thing
  • Promise or decision to do something for a purpose

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

reduce

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US / rɪ'dju:s /

UK / rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus /

A2
  • verb
  • To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
  • To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
  • To make something smaller in size, amount, level

suit

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US / su:t /

UK / sut /

A1
  • noun
  • Set of clothes including jacket and pants or skirt
  • Law case involving a claim of some kind
  • Set of playing cards such as hearts or diamonds
  • verb
  • To be appropriate for a given situation
  • (Of clothes) to look good on someone

opaque

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US / əʊˈpeɪk /

UK / oʊˈpeɪk /

C2
  • adjecitve
  • Hard to see through; cloudy
  • Being hard to understand

very

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US / 'verɪ /

UK / ˈvɛri /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

spot

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US / spɒt /

UK / spɑt /

A2
  • noun
  • A certain place or area
  • A difficult time; awkward situation
  • Place or ranking on a list
  • A small amount of (substance help hard work etc.)
  • Mark caused by a drop of liquid, food, etc.
  • verb
  • To see someone or something by chance

throw

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US / θrəʊ /

UK / θroʊ /

A1
  • noun
  • Arm movement to make a thing fly through the air
  • Loose cloth or blanket (usually over a chair)
  • Forcibly putting someone on the ground
  • verb
  • To use your arm to make something fly in the air
  • To move part of your body suddenly and forcefully
  • To confuse or upset someone
  • (E.g. judo) to forcibly put someone on the ground
  • To put something somewhere suddenly and roughly

return

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US / rɪ'tɜ:n /

UK / rɪ'tɜ:rn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Do again; repeated
  • noun
  • Faulty or unwanted product sent back to a company
  • Enter key; the main key on the computer keyboard
  • Profit made as a result of a business activity
  • Process of going back to a previous way or state
  • verb
  • To hit something back to the other player or team
  • To come back after being away from somewhere
  • To repay someone's actions, kindness etc.
  • To put, bring, take, give, or send something back
  • To occur again

bit

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US / bɪt /

UK / bɪt /

A1
  • noun
  • Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • Small piece of something
  • verb
  • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught

its

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US / ɪts /

UK / ɪts /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
  • determiner
  • Of something; belonging or related to something
  • other
  • Possessive form of “it”

post

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US / pəʊst /

UK / post /

A1
  • noun
  • Message delivered or shared in an online group
  • Piece of wood, metal in the ground for support
  • Job or position within an organization or company
  • Place where a soldier, etc. is ordered to go
  • verb
  • To send a letter or package using stamps
  • To share a message on an internet discussion group
  • To send a soldier somewhere to do a job
  • To put a message in public for everyone to see

iterative

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US / 'ɪtərətɪv /

UK / 'ɪtəˌreɪtɪv /

C1
  • adjecitve
  • Marked by iteration; repeating

both

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US / bəuθ /

UK / boθ /

A1
  • determiner
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time
  • pronoun
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time

clearly

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US / ˈklɪəlɪ /

UK / ˈklɪrlɪ /

A1
  • adverb
  • In a way that is easy to understand; obviously

trophy

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US / ˈtrəʊfi /

UK / ˈtroʊfi /

B1
  • noun
  • Prize given to the winner of a competition
  • Something to show your high social status

distant

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US / 'dɪstənt /

UK / ˈdɪstənt /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Unfriendly; cold
  • Existing or happening far away in place or time
  • (Of relationships) not being closely related

gameplay

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US / 'ɡeɪmpleɪ /

UK / 'ɡeɪmpleɪ /

C2
  • noun
  • The plot of a computer or video game

litany

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  • Long, usually boring, list of things to talk about

dense

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  • Very thick and difficult to see, get through
  • Hard to understand
  • Uncomprehending; foolish; inconsiderate

drop

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  • Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • Act of letting something fall (from your hand)
  • A decrease in quantity or quality; reduction
  • Tiny amount of liquid, with rounded bottom
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  • To drive someone to a place and then drive away
  • To let something fall from your hand
  • To fall or lie down quickly, as when shot
  • To decide to stop something e.g. a course)
  • To (cause to) reduce in quantity or quality

pretty

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  • Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
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  • Very; to a great degree

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  • Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
  • Act of pressing into a material to make a pattern
  • Act of copying someone's speech or behavior

miss

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  • Action of not hitting something or someone
  • Form of address to unmarried girl or woman
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  • To be absent
  • To fail to hit something e.g. a ball
  • To do without something
  • To fail to see or sense something
  • To fail to understand someone's message
  • To be too late to ride on something e.g. train
  • To feel you want to see someone who is not there

between

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  • Among two or more people who share something

general

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  • Top ranked officer in the army

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  • In a predictable manner or to a predictable degree

speed

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  • To move quickly when completing an action
  • To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow

building

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  • A structure with a roof and walls, e.g. a house
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  • To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
  • To construct a house, office, factory

activity

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  • An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes

approach

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  • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
  • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
  • Specific way to handle a project, task, problem
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  • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • To request someone to do something specific

top

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  • Being good or great; excellent
  • Being the most in degree or quality
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  • Item of clothing covering shoulders to waist, hips
  • A cover or lid
  • Part (e.g. road) that is the furthest away
  • Highest or upper part or point of something
  • Best or highest status or position
  • Flat upper surface or edge of an object
  • Child's toy that spins on its point
  • Upper section or leaves of fruits and vegetables
  • Winning in a sport or contest
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  • To be higher or larger than a specific value
  • To arrive at the highest point of something
  • To put a cover or layer or over something
  • To kill; murder
  • To hold the highest position on a list
  • To be more important, successful or better than
  • To beat someone or win at a game

beaker

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  • Flat-bottomed jar made of glass or plastic

underlie

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  • To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
  • To lie or exist beneath

look

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  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
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  • To appear to be; seem

option

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  • A choice
  • Right to buy or sell at a certain price and time

see

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  • To go on a date with someone
  • To predict whether something is, or will be true
  • To understand what someone says
  • To use your eyes to look at something
  • To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
  • To visit or meet with someone
  • To find out by waiting or looking
  • To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

tech

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framerate

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excellent

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  • Extremely good

reconstruction

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  • Process of rebuilding or improving structures
  • Process to determine how a crime, etc. occurred

stark

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  • Very clear and often unpleasant

plate

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  • Flat dish used for eating or serving food
  • Smooth, thin piece of metal applied in a layer
  • Small, flat piece of metal with information on it
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  • To put a layer of metal on something to protect it

with

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  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

his

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  • Something belonging to a male person

extra

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  • More than necessary; additional
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  • Person who has a small part in a movie
  • Special version of a newspaper

busy

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  • Working hard doing something; full of activity
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  • To actively be occupied with doing something

cover

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  • A different version of another song
  • Bed sheets; blankets
  • (Police or military) protection from attack
  • Amount of money to be paid in an insurance claim
  • Thing you put over something to close or hide it
  • Front and back part of a book or magazine
  • Shelter built to protect from the natural elements
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  • To record a different version of another song
  • To include as part of its area
  • To put something over something to hide it
  • To discuss a subject in a talk or meeting
  • To form a layer over something so it is hidden
  • To have sufficient funds to pay for something
  • To include something within an agreed limit
  • To report news on TV, radio or in a newspaper
  • (Police or military) to protect from attack
  • To travel a certain distance in a given time
  • To wrap something with something, such as a cloth

increase

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  • Fact of increasing; amount something grows by
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  • To make or become larger in size or amount

tank

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  • Container for holding liquid or gas
  • Military vehicle that can go over rough areas
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  • To fail completely or badly
  • To deliberately lose a game or contest

without

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  • Not with; not having

have

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  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

cutback

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  • Reduction in quantity or rate

instance

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  • An example of something; case
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  • To give as an example of something else

prior

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  • Existing or coming earlier in time
  • (Of a claim, etc.) more important than another one
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  • Monk or priest in charge of a monastery

notice

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  • Time by when you must leave, e.g. if you are fired
  • Paper with an announcement, e.g. pinned to a board
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  • To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing

toggle

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  • A security device for software
  • A pin put in the loop of a rope or string
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  • To put a pin put in the loop of a rope or string
  • To move something between two settings (on off)

locker

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  • Cupboard with a lock to keep your possessions

handle

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  • The part of a door you hold to open it
  • Thing you hold to carry or open a bag, pan etc.
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  • To cope with or take responsibility for
  • To control a machine, car etc.
  • To control or be controlled /used in a certain way
  • To deal with a particular situation/person; manage
  • To buy, sell, or move materials or goods
  • To hold, control, or use something with the hands
  • To touch objects with the hands to look at them

draw

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  • Something that attracts people to visit a place
  • A lottery or prize
  • Result of a game, contest where the score is equal
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  • To attract attention to someone or something
  • To get closer to or approach something or someone
  • To influence a person's involvement in something
  • To move an object by pulling
  • To create an image using pen or pencil and paper
  • To take one thing out of a container, etc.
  • (Of 2 teams) to finish a game with the same score

likewise

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  • adverb
  • In addition; also; in the same way

clear

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  • Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • Being certain and without doubt
  • Being without any streaks, spots, or cracks
  • Easy to understand; well-explained; obvious
  • adverb
  • Completely; entirely; through the whole of
  • Away from; free from
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  • To recover from or remove a problem
  • To get rid of the entire contents of
  • To give permission for something to happen
  • To make a place or surface empty by removing
  • To prove that someone is not guilty or to blame

car

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  • A vehicle with wheels and engine to carry people

world

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  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity
  • Introduction to Video Content
  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5: Fidelity vs Performance Mode Comparison - Which Mode Works BestSpider-Man 2 is one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year, showcasing impressive technical advancements. Building upon the foundation set by its predecessors on the PS5, the game offers a familiar yet improved experience. Few titles can match Spider-Man 2's level of fidelity while maintaining an expansive open-world environment. The game's set-piece sequences are a sight to behold, with their grand scale and thrilling speed.Insomniac Games' commitment to ray-tracing technology is once again showcased in Spider-Man 2, with its excellent implementation of ray-traced reflections. The game offers a plethora of visual modes and toggles to cater to various preferences.But how do these different modes compare in terms of visual settings and frame rate performance? Does the increased fidelity of Spider-Man 2 present any new challenges for the PS5?At its core, Spider-Man 2 provides two visual modes, each with their own minor modifications to accommodate different player preferences. The performance mode prioritizes higher frame rates at a slightly reduced quality level, while the fidelity mode offers enhanced visuals at a lower frame rate.Both modes feature ray-traced reflections, making it impossible to disable this feature in the performance mode. At first glance, the two modes appear visually similar, providing the same essential visual experience aside from image quality. However, upon closer inspection, distinct differences become evident.One area of interest is the ray-traced reflections. In the performance mode, these reflections appear slightly less detailed compared to the fidelity mode, which is to be expected given the focus on maintaining higher frame rates. Both modes utilize a checkerboard reconstruction solution and deliver satisfactory results.
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  • Spider-Man 2 is one of the highest-profile games of the year, and also one of the most technically accomplished.
  • It represents a welcome, if iterative, improvement on the tech that we saw in the two prior Spider-Man outings on PS5 hardware, as Jon covered in his earlier video on the game.
  • Few titles deliver Spider-Man 2's level of fidelity in an open-world environment, and the dramatic scale and death-defying speed of its set-piece sequences is something to behold.
  • Insomniac's key ray-tracing commitment, its excellent implementation of ray-traced reflections, also makes a return, along with a litany of supported visual modes and toggles.
  • So how do these modes compare in terms of visual settings and framerate performance?
  • Does the increased fidelity of Spider-Man 2 throw up any new issues for the PS5?
  • At a basic level, Spider-Man 2 essentially has two visual modes, which have a few modifiers to suit a variety of tastes.
  • There's a performance mode, which targets higher framerates at a reduced quality level, and a fidelity mode, which offers better visuals at a lower framerate.
  • Both modes have ray traced reflections enabled, so there's no performance mode without RT this time.
  • In terms of underlying visual settings, the two modes look very similar at a glance.
  • Both options provide the same essential visual experience outside of image quality.
  • If we do look a bit closer though, there are some very clearly evident differences between the two.
  • The ray traced reflections were the first place that I thought to examine.
  • In the performance mode, these are somewhat less detailed than in the fidelity mode, as you might expect.
  • Both modes use a checkerboard reconstruction solution and both appear perfectly reasonable.
  • But the performance mode is clearly lacking that extra bit of clarity that the fidelity mode offers, at least in stills.
  • I also noticed some substantial differences in reflections coverage between the two modes.
  • Examining the opening cutscene, this gas tank lacks RT reflections in the performance mode, with a lower fidelity cubemap seemingly used instead.
  • The transparent surface reflections on the clock face, cabinets, and terrarium are totally missing, which makes for a pretty stark difference here.
  • The metals on the door handle and kick plate also lack RT coverage in the performance mode.
  • We can spot the absence of RT effects on the beaker in the back too, and on the blue lockers outside the classroom.
  • In gameplay, I was able to spot similar cutbacks.
  • In this trophy cabinet, for instance, the fidelity mode gets RT reflections on the transparent glass surface, as well as the semi-gloss trophies themselves.
  • The performance mode predictably lacks these reflections completely.
  • Likewise for the top of the lamp post here, and for a variety of other metallic surfaces throughout the game.
  • I also noticed that the performance mode eschews RT reflections on very distant surfaces, like these buildings here, though this is particularly hard to notice outside of a head-to-head.
  • Perhaps the most obvious cutback in gameplay is the lack of transparency reflections on car windows.
  • In the performance mode, car windows get a cubemap reflection that looks okay, but is visibly low-resolution.
  • There's no reflections of cars, spider-men, or pedestrians.
  • In fidelity mode, the RT extends across the entire car body, so the car windows showcase accurate and detailed reflections, just like the car paint.
  • When flying through the world, there's not much difference between the two modes, but up close the reflection's coverage in Fidelity mode is clearly a step ahead.
  • My basic impression is that the Performance mode drops many of the game's transparency reflections.
  • and cuts back reflections on a range of surface materials.
  • If you compare the two versions side by side, there are some notable differences, but I think in general play the performance mode looks perfectly reasonable.
  • Critically, you do retain the game's reflections on building windows, water surfaces, and most glossy opaque surfaces in the performance mode.
  • which make up the bulk of Spider-Man 2's ray tracing on screen.
  • Foliage also sees some tweaks to run at a performance level at higher frame rates.
  • If you do look closely, the foliage in performance mode is a bit less dense at far distances, with a bit more pop in as you approach.
  • Grass is drawn much further afield in the Fidelity mode as well.
  • Pedestrian activity is also curtailed in the Performance mode.
  • For idle pedestrians, like the people sitting at tables and on the stands here in Times Square, there's essentially no difference in pedestrian density.
  • But when you observe a busy thoroughfare like this pedestrian street, there's a clear increase in civilian density in the Fidelity mode.
  • At a distance, both modes transition from 3D models to 2D imposters at about the same point from the camera, however.
  • Shadow quality is also somewhat better in the Fidelity mode, with a somewhat higher resolution appearance across the game world.
  • These shadows look a bit softer in the Performance mode and appear less defined, though they still look perfectly good across both visual options.
  • Finally, character hair does seem to be simplified a bit in the Performance mode, with fewer hair strands and a less refined appearance than we see in the Fidelity mode.
  • When we compare the two modes on offer in Spider-Man 2 to 2020's Spider-Man Remastered, the games do look similar, although there are some differences.
  • The ray tracing quality does seem improved now, with the final RT resolve lacking the slightly blocky look that we saw in the earlier title.
  • In stills, Spider-Man 2's RT appears very smooth, despite using a checkerboard technique just like its predecessors.
  • The new RT does look somewhat more aliased at times, but it's clearly resolving more detail as well.
  • If we stack up the Performance RT and Fidelity modes side by side in Spider-Man Remastered, the resolution of the reflections was also a key dividing line.
  • But curiously, all the surfaces that have RT reflections in the earlier game also seem to exhibit RT reflections in its higher performance mode, unlike in Spider-Man 2.
  • That also applies to the car windows, which show great looking RT reflections in the original Spider-Man game.
  • The Spider-Man 2 performance mode doesn't have these window reflections, in addition to lacking other RT reflections throughout the game world.
  • The pedestrians see the same divide as we saw in Spider-Man, with the same split in the density of mobile foot traffic between the Performance, RT, and Fidelity modes, and hair exhibits the same cutbacks that we see in the new game as well.
  • On the whole, the setting split between the different visual options is pretty similar between the two games, though Spider-Man 2 takes a bit more of a visual hit in its higher framerate mode.
  • So what about image quality?
  • Spider-Man 2 presents a pretty detailed and smooth image, especially considering the high level of visual quality on display.
  • The performance mode does suffer from more aliasing on fine details than the fidelity option, which is especially evident on these buildings here, and it looks subtly less detailed.
  • In terms of resolution, the performance mode operates from a range of 1008p to 1440p.
  • Reconstructed using Insomniac Games temporal injection technique to 1440p.
  • And the fidelity mode operates from 1440p to 4k.
  • Reconstructed to 4k.
  • Both modes look good on a 4K display, but the Fidelity mode clearly has an edge, which is particularly obvious with long-range detail.
  • The Performance mode doesn't always resolve very cleanly, though I think it still looks perfectly reasonable from a normal viewing distance.
  • So those are the baseline visual modes, but the game has two key modifiers as well.
  • You can turn on 120Hz output, which makes the fidelity mode run at 40fps, lowering the typical resolution down closer to that 1440p lower bound.
  • VRR is also an option.
  • The default smooth option doesn't seem to affect the visuals, but selecting the uncapped option can adjust the resolution a bit.
  • The performance mode can drop down to 936p at lowest with this option enabled, down from 1008p normally.
  • These toggles are really best thought of as tweaks to fine-tune your experience.
  • There are implications for performance, which I'll touch on in a moment, but the visuals remain about the same as their parent mode.
  • So how do framerates fare in Spider-Man 2?
  • Let's start with the performance mode.
  • Spider-Man 2 mostly hits and maintains a 60fps update here, with a very smooth presentation in typical gameplay.
  • When the screen is filled with alpha effects though, the game can drop a small clutch of frames.
  • The opening sequence provides a few examples, though these spots are rare through the rest of the game.
  • I also noticed some traversal related frame rate dips while swinging throughout the open world.
  • Travelling at very fast speeds can sometimes punch a small dent in the frame timeline, usually representing a single dropped frame.
  • It's not an especially big deal, and getting an open world of this fidelity at Spider-Man traversal speeds is a big accomplishment at 60fps, but I did notice these while playing.
  • In typical play though, Spider-Man 2 feels very solid in the performance mode.
  • The Fidelity mode offers a 30 FPS update, which it reaches very consistently.
  • The slight framerate wobbles of the performance mode are basically absent here, outside of a couple of one-off dropped frames during the most intense moments in the introduction.
  • Cutscenes do exhibit a slight stutter on camera cuts, as the game seems to hold an extra frame for TAA purposes when the viewport shifts.
  • This is also present in the performance mode, but it sticks out more at the slower update.
  • Again though, in general play the game is a perfectly steady 30fps.
  • and there's very little to criticize here.
  • At 120Hz output, the Fidelity mode shifts to 40FPS, which takes advantage of the higher display refresh to target a middle ground between the 30FPS and 60FPS modes we've just discussed.
  • The overall turnout is quite similar to the other Fidelity mode option, but the game can drop a significant number of frames in certain intense moments during gameplay.
  • On top of those selections, Spider-Man 2 also offers a VRR toggle, which can be set to off, smoothed, or uncapped.
  • The smoothed option is essentially equivalent to the default VRR experience on PS5, evening out any framerate drops that might occur while playing.
  • And the uncapped option allows Spider-Man 2 to push above its target framerate, using VRR to keep frame-time divergence between frames to a minimum.
  • These options require 120Hz output to be enabled to work as well.
  • With the uncapped toggle enabled, we get around 40-60 FPS in the Fidelity mode, and between 60 and 80 FPS in the Performance mode in typical play.
  • It's not a revelatory increase in framerate, but the improvement to fluidity is appreciable, if not transformative.
  • There is a bit of fluctuation here though, which is noticeable, like with other unlocked VRR games.
  • Like Insomniac's prior efforts and most of Sony's first-party output on PS5, Spider-Man 2 lands in very good technical shape.
  • The performance is solid and visuals look great across a large range of graphical options.
  • There's no way to go wrong here, really.
  • as the game is just very polished regardless of the mode you select.
  • There's really just one wrinkle.
  • The visual difference between the Fidelity and Performance modes is a bit larger here than in the prior Insomniac titles on PS5.
  • On top of the typical tweaks to rendering resolution, hair, and draw distance, the ray-traced reflections have been pruned a bit for the Performance mode.
  • RT coverage is less extensive than the Fidelity mode, and a bit less extensive than the performance RT modes in the older Spider-Man games as well.
  • It's not something that stands out much in the heat of battle or when swinging around at high speeds, but if you stop and look around there are obvious cutbacks.
  • Of the available options, I'd personally probably still gravitate towards the performance mode to get the best visual response.
  • The fidelity mode works very well too, and I think the 40fps fidelity option strikes a good middle ground for those who want to retain more of the game's visual feature set, but also want to prioritize more fluid movement.
  • Any preferences here are strictly a matter of personal taste, as each mode is very nicely calibrated to deliver attractive visuals within a given frame time target.
  • So Spider-Man 2 is yet another insomniac technical triumph.
  • It's a beautiful game, and has virtually impeccable visual and performance credentials in every mode variation available to the player.
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