alliance
US /əˈlaɪəns/
UK /əˈlaɪəns/
- Noun
- Group of people/organizations working together
B1TOEICMoreamiable
US /ˈemiəbəl/
UK /'eɪmɪəbl/
- Adjective
- Friendly and agreeable
C1Moreanimate
US /ˈænəˌmet/
UK /'ænɪmeɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To give life, energy, or motion to something
B2Moreapprove
US /əˈpruv/
UK /əˈpru:v/
- Transitive Verb
- To formally accept something or grant permission
- To have a positive opinion of someone or something
A2TOEICMoreas soon as
US /æz sun æz/
UK /æz su:n æz/
- Phrase
- In a short time after (something happens)
- Without any delay; immediately
- Conjunction
- At the moment that, or immediately after.
A1Moreassure
US /əˈʃʊr/
UK /əˈʃʊə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To confirm; state with certainty something is so
- To make sure that something happens
A2TOEICMoreby no means
US
UK
- Phrase
- Certainly not; in no way.
A1Morecompanion
US /kəmˈpænjən/
UK /kəm'pænɪən/
- Noun
- Someone who keeps you company, goes out with you
- A thing that is often found with another or that serves to augment or complement it.
A2Moreconclude
US /kənˈklud/
UK /kənˈklu:d/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To finish or cause to finish; end
- To arrive at a judgment or opinion
A2Moreconvince
US /kənˈvɪns/
UK /kən'vɪns/
- Transitive Verb
- To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
A2TOEICMorecousin
US /'kʌzn/
UK /'kʌzn/
- Countable Noun
- Child of your uncle or aunt
- Something similar to or related to something else
A2Morecross
US /krɔs, krɑs/
UK /krɒs/
- Adjective
- Angry and upset
- From one side of something to the other
- Transitive Verb
- To put one thing over another e.g. arms
- To breed one type of animal or plant with another
A2Moredecline
US /dɪˈklaɪn/
UK /dɪ'klaɪn/
- Intransitive Verb
- To bend towards the ground
- To slope downward.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To lessen in quality or value
A2TOEICMoredelicacy
US /ˈdɛlɪkəsi/
UK /ˈdelɪkəsi/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something pleasing because of its good taste
- State of being easily damaged
B2TOEICMoreduty
US /ˈduti, ˈdju-/
UK /'dju:tɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Work required by your job or position
- A tax (on imported goods)
A2TOEICMoreeager
US /ˈiɡɚ/
UK /ˈi:gə(r)/
- Adjective
- Very excited and interested
A2TOEICMoreelegant
US /ˈɛlɪɡənt/
UK /'elɪɡənt/
- Adjective
- Having or showing grace, style or beauty
- Pleasingly ingenious and simple.
A2Moreestate
US /ɪˈstet/
UK /ɪˈsteɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A large piece of land, usually with a large house
- Group of houses all built at the same time
A2TOEICMoreflatter
US /ˈflætɚ/
UK /'flætə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To praise in a rather false way, to get something
B2Morefoolish
US /ˈfulɪʃ/
UK /ˈfu:lɪʃ/
- Adjective
- Lacking good sense or judgment; not sensible
A2Morefortune
US /ˈfɔrtʃən/
UK /'fɔ:tʃu:n/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- What might happen to you in the future
- Chance or luck, particularly good luck
- Transitive Verb
- To bring good fortune to.
B1TOEICMoregreatly
US /ˈɡreɪtli/
UK /ˈgreɪtli/
- Adverb
- An extraordinary extent or degree
A2Morehappiness
US /ˈhæpɪnɪs/
UK /'hæpɪnəs/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- A feeling of joy and contentment
A2Morehasty
US /'heɪsti/
UK /ˈheɪsti/
- Adjective
- Done, made, or completed quickly or in a hurry
B1Morehonor
US /ˈɑnɚ/
UK /'ɒnə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To fulfill an agreement
- To give an award to someone
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Award you get for doing well; prize, title, etc.
- Chance to do something special; privilege
B2TOEICMorein the world
US /ɪn ði wɜrld/
UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/
- Phrase
- Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
A1Moreinherit
US /ɪnˈhɛrɪt/
UK /ɪn'herɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
- To receive property or money after someone dies
B1Moremanifold
US /ˈmænɪfoʊld/
UK /ˈmænɪfəʊld/
- Adjective
- Having many and various things
C1Moremark
US /mɑrk/
UK /mɑ:k/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Transitive Verb
- To put a dirty spot or line on something
- To give a grade for homework
A2TOEICMoremarriage
US /ˈmærɪdʒ/
UK /ˈmærɪdʒ/
- Noun
- Relationship between a husband and a wife
- A wedding ceremony
A2Moremodesty
US /ˈmɑdɪsti/
UK /ˈmɒdəsti/
- Uncountable Noun
- Quality of not being too proud about yourself
B1Moreobject
US /ˈɑbdʒɪkt/
UK /'ɒbdʒɪkt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
- Goal or purpose of a particular plan or activity
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To disagree; to protest against an idea or plan
- To state one's reason for disagreement
A2TOEICMoreparish
US /'pærɪʃ/
UK /'pærɪʃ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Area that a priest is responsible for
- A small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor.
B1Morepractice
US /ˈpræktɪs/
UK /'præktɪs/
- Noun
- The office and place for legal or medical work
- Doing something many times to become better at it
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To work as a doctor or lawyer
- To live according to the teachings of a religion
A2TOEICMoreproposal
US /prəˈpozəl/
UK /prəˈpəʊzl/
- Noun
- Act of asking someone to marry you
- Offer or plan to people who can decide about it
B1TOEICMorerefusal
US /rɪˈfjuzəl/
UK /rɪˈfju:zl/
- Noun
- Act of not accepting, giving, or doing
A2TOEICMoreregret
US /rɪˈɡrɛt/
UK /rɪ'ɡret/
- Uncountable Noun
- Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To feel sorrow or guilt, as for what you didn't do
- Used to express apology or sadness.
B1Moreremain
US /rɪˈmen/
UK /rɪˈmeɪn/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be left behind; to continue to exist
- To stay in a place when other people have gone
A2TOEICMorerespectable
US /rɪˈspɛktəbəl/
UK /rɪˈspektəbl/
- Adjective
- Having socially/conventionally acceptable morals
A2Morerun away with
US /rʌn əˈwe wɪð/
UK /rʌn əˈwei wið/
- Phrasal Verb
- To go away with someone, e.g. for secret marriage
A1Moreseek
US /sik/
UK /si:k/
- Transitive Verb
- To ask someone for help
- To search for; try to find or do; look for
A2TOEICMoreselect
US /sɪˈlɛkt/
UK /sɪ'lekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To choose a suitable thing from a group
- To retrieve data from a database using a query.
- Adjective
- Carefully chosen as being the best or most suitable.
A2TOEICMorespeak to
US /spik tu/
UK /spi:k tu:/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To address or communicate with someone.
- To indicate or suggest something; to be relevant to.
A1Moresuspense
US /səˈspɛns/
UK /səˈspens/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
- Uncountable Noun
- Anxiety or apprehension caused by uncertainty
C2Moretorment
US /ˈtɔ:rment/
UK /ˈtɔ:ment/
- Noun
- Great mental or physical pain
- Transitive Verb
- To cause great physical or mental pain to
B2TOEICMoreurge
US /ɚdʒ/
UK /ɜ:dʒ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A strong desire for something
- Strong pressure on someone to do something
- Transitive Verb
- To drive something forward
- To ask or encourage someone to do something
A2Moreviolence
US /ˈvaɪələns/
UK /ˈvaɪələns/
- Uncountable Noun
- Strong physical force of nature
- Use of physical force to harm someone
B1More
Vocabulary
- as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
- run away with: To go away with someone, e.g. for secret marriage
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- by no means: Certainly not; in no way.
- flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
- happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
- greatly: An extraordinary extent or degree
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- cross: Angry and upset
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- wife: Married woman
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- child: A very young person, between about 2 and 15
- forget: To not remember something
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- woman: Adult female human being
- answer: To reply to a question someone asks
- add: To include as well
- thirdly: In the third place
- marry: To become the husband or wife of someone
- mistaken: To understand someone or something incorrectly
- cousin: Child of your uncle or aunt
- mark: Person's name
- enter: To start a career or an education
- suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
- usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
- convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
- approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
- respectable: Having socially/conventionally acceptable morals
- regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
- animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
- duty: Work required by your job or position
- happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
- marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- account: An advantage
- object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
- seek: To ask someone for help
- delicacy: Something pleasing because of its good taste
- assure: To confirm; state with certainty something is so
- companion: Someone who keeps you company, goes out with you
- modesty: Quality of not being too proud about yourself
- estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
- foolish: Lacking good sense or judgment; not sensible
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
- elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
- eager: Very excited and interested
- fortune: What might happen to you in the future
- violence: Strong physical force of nature
- surely: With certainty; definitely
- urge: A strong desire for something
- refusal: Act of not accepting, giving, or doing
- conclude: To finish or cause to finish; end
- suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
- alliance: Group of people/organizations working together
- inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
- torment: Great mental or physical pain
- amiable: Friendly and agreeable
- hasty: Done, made, or completed quickly or in a hurry
- parish: Area that a priest is responsible for
- manifold: Having many and various things
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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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Pride & Prejudice (4/10) Movie CLIP - Refusing Mr. Collins (2005) HD
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Why Why posted on 2013/03/30Ever wondered how to politely reject a proposal while keeping your dignity? This clip from Pride & Prejudice showcases Elizabeth Bennet's sharp wit and the cultural nuances of Regency-era courtship, perfect for picking up situational dialogue and cultural depth! You'll love seeing how simple sentences can deliver such powerful messages.
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