alive
US /əˈlaɪv/
UK /ə'laɪv/
- Adjective
- Living; not dead
- Active; energetic; full of life.
A2TOEICMoredive
US /daɪv/
UK /daɪv/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
- Rapid fall through air
- Intransitive Verb
- To swim deep under water with an air supply
- To rapid fall through air
B1Moredive in
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
- Intransitive Verb
- To jump into water headfirst.
A1Morefossilized
US
UK
- Adjective
- Set in rigid, conventional beliefs or practices
- Transitive Verb
- To change into a state from which it won't change
B1Moremisunderstood
US /ˌmɪsʌndɚˈstʊd/
UK /ˌmɪsʌndə'stʊd/
- Transitive Verb
- To fail to get the meaning correctly
A2Morenurse
US /nɜ:rs/
UK /nɜ:s/
- Countable Noun
- Person trained to care for sick or injured people
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To care for and look after someone who is sick
- To keep holding a bad feeling about someone
A2TOEICMorepersonal
US /ˈpɚsənəl/
UK /ˈpɜ:sənl/
- Adjective
- Done by or to a particular person; individual
- Concerning a person's private life or feelings
A2Moreplanet
US /ˈplænɪt/
UK /'plænɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- A different world or sphere of existence.
- Proper Noun
- The earth.
A2Morepossessive
US /pəˈzɛsɪv/
UK /pəˈzesɪv/
- Adjective
- Wanting someone's complete attention, love
- (Grammar) word establishing ownership
- Noun
- (Grammar) word establishing ownership
B1Morescuba
US /ˈskubə/
UK /'skju:bə/
- Noun
- Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
B2Moresuch as
US /sʌtʃ æz/
UK /sʌtʃ æz/
- Preposition
- For example; like
A1Moresuperlative
US /sʊˈpə:lətɪv/
UK /suˈpɜ:lətɪv/
- Adjective
- Highest in quality or excellence
C2Moretank
US /tæŋk/
UK /tæŋk/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Container for holding liquid or gas
- Military vehicle that can go over rough areas
- Intransitive Verb
- To fail completely or badly
- To deliberately lose a game or contest
B1More
Vocabulary
- dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
- such as: For example; like
- early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
- animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
- grey: Color between black and white (also spelled gray)
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
- superlative: Highest in quality or excellence
- nurse: Person trained to care for sick or injured people
- adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
- add: To include as well
- dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- possessive: Wanting someone's complete attention, love
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- alive: Living; not dead
- misunderstood: To fail to get the meaning correctly
- fossilized: Set in rigid, conventional beliefs or practices
- tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
- scuba: Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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