article
US /ˈɑrtɪkəl/
UK /'ɑ:tɪkl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- Piece of writing about a particular subject
A2TOEICMoreask out
US /æsk aʊt/
UK /ɑ:sk aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To ask someone to go on a date
A1Moreass
US /æs/
UK /æs/
- Noun
- (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
C2Moreathlete
US /ˈæθˌlit/
UK /ˈæθli:t/
- Countable Noun
- Person trained to compete in sports
- Adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of athletes.
B1Moreattention
US /əˈtɛnʃən/
UK /əˈtenʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Taking notice of someone or something
- Noun
- (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
A2TOEICMorebet
US /bet/
UK /bet/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- Used to express certainty or confidence
- Countable Noun
- Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
A2Moreblame
US /blem/
UK /bleɪm/
- Transitive Verb
- To say someone is responsible for something bad
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of saying someone did something bad
A2TOEICMorecare of
US /kɛr ʌv/
UK /kɛə ɔv/
- Preposition
- Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
A2Morechatter
US /ˈtʃætɚ/
UK /ˈtʃætə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To talk a lot in a casual manner
- (As of teeth if cold) to click uncontrollably
- Uncountable Noun
- Continuous rapid talk about matters of little importance.
- A rapid series of short, sharp noises.
C2Morechew
US /tʃu:/
UK /tʃu:/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To bite something many times without swallowing it
- Noun
- Act of biting something many times
B1Moreclothe
US /kloʊð/
UK /kləʊð/
- Transitive Verb
- To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
B1Morecollege
US /'kɑːlɪdʒ/
UK /'kɒlɪdʒ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- School or educational institution for adults
- A constituent body of a university.
A2Moredelicate
US /ˈdɛlɪkɪt/
UK /'delɪkət/
- Adjective
- Easily broken or damaged
- Finely made, with great care
B1Moreelegant
US /ˈɛlɪɡənt/
UK /'elɪɡənt/
- Adjective
- Having or showing grace, style or beauty
- Pleasingly ingenious and simple.
A2Morefiddler
US /ˈfɪdlər/
UK /ˈfɪdlə(r)/
- Noun
- An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
- Someone who plays the violin
B2Moreflat
US /flæt/
UK /flæt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- The smooth or level part of something
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To share an apartment with someone
- To fail to produce the intended effect; to be unsuccessful or uninteresting.
A2Moreforehead
US /ˈfɔ:rhed/
UK /ˈfɔ:hed/
- Noun
- Area of the face above the eyes
B1Morego out
US /ɡo aʊt/
UK /ɡəu aut/
- Phrase
- To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- Phrasal Verb
- (Of a fire) to burn out; be extinguished
- Go out of fashion to stop being fashionable
A1Moregraceful
US /ˈɡresfəl/
UK /ˈgreɪsfl/
- Adjective
- Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
- Showing politeness and good manners.
B1Moregrandma
US /ˈɡrændˌmɑ,/
UK /ˈgrænmɑ:/
- Noun
- Mother of your father or mother
B2Moregrim
US /ɡrɪm/
UK /ɡrɪm/
- Adjective
- Being very serious or determined
- Causing someone to worry or feel sad or hopeless
B1Moregross
US /ɡros/
UK /ɡrəʊs/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
- Total sum of money earned before costs and taxes
- Transitive Verb
- To earn an amount of money before costs and taxes
B1TOEICMorehairline
US /ˈherlaɪn/
UK /ˈheəlaɪn/
- Countable Noun
- A very thin line or crack
C2Morehell
US /hɛl/
UK /hel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Any place of pain and suffering
- A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
A2Morehobbit
US /'hɑbət/
UK /'hɑbət/
- Proper Noun
- Imaginary being in stories by JRR Tolkien
B2Moreinsist
US /ɪnˈsɪst/
UK /ɪn'sɪst/
- Transitive Verb
- To demand that someone do something
- Intransitive Verb
- To strongly state your opinion without changing it
A2TOEICMoreout of control
US /aʊt ʌv kənˈtrol/
UK /aut ɔv kənˈtrəul/
- Adjective
- Impossible to manage or control.
- Not able to be directed or steered.
A1Moreoutfit
US /ˈaʊtˌfɪt/
UK /'aʊtfɪt/
- Noun
- A set of clothing (with accessories)
- Transitive Verb
- To provide with clothing and other things
B2Moreposture
US /ˈpɑstʃɚ/
UK /'pɒstʃə(r)/
- Noun
- Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
- The position of the body when standing or sitting
- Intransitive Verb
- To be insincere in order to gain favor
B1TOEICMoresmooth
US /smuð/
UK /smu:ð/
- Adjective
- Moving without stops and starts
- Pleasant and flat to touch, not rough
- Transitive Verb
- To make something rough feel flat, e.g. by ironing
- To spread a substance over a surface
A2Moresubway
US /ˈsʌbˌwe/
UK /ˈsʌbweɪ/
- Noun
- Train system running under the ground in a city
B1Moresuppose
US /səˈpoʊz/
UK /sə'pəʊz/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To imagine or guess what might happen
- Conjunction
- What if
A2TOEICMoreswan
US /swɑn/
UK /swɒn/
- Noun
- Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
B2Moretake after
US /tek ˈæftɚ/
UK /teik ˈɑ:ftə/
- Phrasal Verb
- To resemble (an older family member); favor
- To imitate or follow the example of someone.
A1Moretap
US /tæp/
UK /tæp/
- Transitive Verb
- To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- To spy one someone electronically
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Faucet; the place you can get water from a pipe
- Light hit, generally one that makes a sound
A2Moretap on
US /tæp ɑn/
UK /tæp ɔn/
- Phrasal Verb
- To touch someone or something gently and usually repeatedly, often to attract attention.
- To select something by touching it on a screen.
A1Morethroat
US /θroʊt/
UK /θrəʊt/
- Noun
- Part of the neck that is below the chin
- The passage in the neck through which food and air pass.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To utter or express with the throat; to sing.
A2Moreto order
US
UK
- Transitive Verb
- To give an instruction or command.
- To request something to be made, supplied, or served.
A1Moretrend
US /trɛnd/
UK /trend/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Current style or fashion
- General direction that is taken
- Intransitive Verb
- To be current and popular
- To move up or down
A2Moreunattractive
US /ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv/
UK /ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv/
- Adjective
- Not pleasant or good-looking
B1Moreused to
US /juzd tu/
UK /ˈju:st tə/
- Adjective
- Did regularly before, but don't do now
- Auxiliary Verb
- Have done before, but do not do now
A1Morewander
US /ˈwɑ:ndə(r)/
UK /ˈwɒndə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To move through a place with no particular purpose
- To move through a place with no particular purpose
A2TOEICMoreweird
US /wɪrd/
UK /wɪəd/
- Adjective
- Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- Eerily strange or disturbing.
B1More
Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- ask out: To ask someone to go on a date
- to order: To give an instruction or command.
- tap on: To touch someone or something gently and usually repeatedly, often to attract attention.
- take after: To resemble (an older family member); favor
- out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
- delicate: Easily broken or damaged
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
- trend: Current style or fashion
- grim: Being very serious or determined
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- insist: To demand that someone do something
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
- steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
- throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- smooth: Moving without stops and starts
- business: A company formed for making profit
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- forehead: Area of the face above the eyes
- picture: General situation or state of being
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- graceful: Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
- chatter: To talk a lot in a casual manner
- subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
- swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
- unattractive: Not pleasant or good-looking
- grandma: Mother of your father or mother
- fiddler: An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
- hairline: A very thin line or crack
- hobbit: Imaginary being in stories by JRR Tolkien
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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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A Song for Women Who Look More Like Their Dads - Esther Povitsky - Hot for My Name
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林宜悉 posted on 2021/02/12Ever feel like you look more like your dad than your mom? Esther Povitsky hilariously tackles body image and family roasts in this self-deprecating comedy sketch, perfect for practicing situational dialogue and simple sentence structures. You'll love her musical monologue and vintage photo reveals!
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