admire
US /ædˈmaɪr/
UK /əd'maɪə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To feel respect or wonder toward someone
A2Morecrisis
US /ˈkraɪsɪs/
UK /'kraɪsɪs/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- A turning point in a disease.
B1Moreelectric
US /ɪˈlɛktrɪk/
UK /ɪˈlektrɪk/
- Adjective
- Creating a feeling of excitement
- Using electricity
A2Morefalse
US /fɔ:ls/
UK /fɔ:ls/
- Adjective
- Not real or genuine
- Not true or correct; containing incorrect information.
- Adverb
- In an untrue or inaccurate way.
A2TOEICMorelie
US /lai/
UK /laɪ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be in a horizontal or flat position
- To say something that you know is not true
- Countable Noun
- An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
A2Morerepeat
US /rɪˈpit/
UK /rɪˈpi:t/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Action that is done again
- Musical passage that is to be played again
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To do something over again
- To say something you have learned and memorized
A2TOEICMoreselfish
US /ˈsɛlfɪʃ/
UK /ˈselfɪʃ/
- Adjective
- Concerned about your own interests, not others'
A2Moretake selfies with
US
UK
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To photograph oneself with someone or something, typically with a smartphone.
A1Moretalking about
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To discuss a particular topic.
- To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
A1More
Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- take selfies with: To photograph oneself with someone or something, typically with a smartphone.
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
- act: To behave in a certain way
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- false: Not real or genuine
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- selfish: Concerned about your own interests, not others'
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- repeat: Action that is done again
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- talk: Style of speaking
- beautiful: Having dome something well
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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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I Am Greta - Clip • A Hulu Original
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林宜悉 posted on 2022/06/18Wow, get ready for an urgent plea from Greta Thunberg that will grab your attention! You'll hear powerful phrases like "You Lied" and "False Hope" as she delivers an angry speech about the climate crisis. This is a fantastic chance to practice simple sentence structures and gain cultural depth through youth activism!
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