addict
US /əˈdɪkt/
UK /ˈædɪkt/
- Noun
- Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
B1Morealive
US /əˈlaɪv/
UK /ə'laɪv/
- Adjective
- Living; not dead
- Active; energetic; full of life.
A2TOEICMorebreak down
US /brek daʊn/
UK /breik daun/
- Phrasal Verb
- To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- (Machine) to stop working or become weaker
A1Morecome back
US /kʌm bæk/
UK /kʌm bæk/
- Phrasal Verb
- To reply to someone, often forcefully
- To be remembered
A1Moredrug
US /drʌɡ/
UK /drʌɡ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
- Chemical used as a medicine
- Transitive Verb
- To give drugs to someone to make them sleep
A2Moredying to
US
UK
- Phrase
- Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- To have a very strong desire or need for something.
A1Morerain cloud
US
UK
- Noun
- A cloud containing water droplets heavy enough to fall as rain.
A1Morerestore
US /rɪˈstɔr, -ˈstor/
UK /rɪˈstɔ:(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To return a thing to its original condition
B1Moresoar
US /sɔr, sor/
UK /sɔ:(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
- To fly or rise high in the air
B2TOEICMoresurvive
US /sɚˈvaɪv/
UK /sə'vaɪv/
- Intransitive Verb
- To continue to live despite illness or trouble
A2TOEICMorethrough the ceiling
US /θru ðə ˈsilɪŋ/
UK /θru: ðə ˈsi:lɪŋ/
- other
- To increase or rise very sharply.
B2More
Vocabulary
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- rain cloud: A cloud containing water droplets heavy enough to fall as rain.
- dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- through the ceiling: To increase or rise very sharply.
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- go: To attend or be at a place
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- alive: Living; not dead
- drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
- beautiful: Having dome something well
- soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
- addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
- restore: To return a thing to its original condition
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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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