advice
US /əd'vaɪs/
UK /ədˈvaɪs/
- Uncountable Noun
- Suggestion about what would help someone
- Professional guidance from a lawyer or legal expert.
A2TOEICMoreapp
US /æp/
UK /æp/
- Countable Noun
- Small applications for smartphones
A2Moreaudience
US /ˈɔdiəns/
UK /ˈɔ:diəns/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
A2TOEICMoreauthentically
US /ɔ:'θentɪklɪ/
UK /ɔ:'θentɪklɪ/
- Adverb
- In a manner showing it is real and not a copy
B1Morebleep
US /blip/
UK /bli:p/
- Noun
- Short sound made by an electronic instrument
C1Morebold
US /bold/
UK /bəʊld/
- Adjective
- Brave; very confident; too confident
- Having a strong, vivid, or striking appearance or flavor
- Noun
- Darker heavier shade of a font
B1Morecomfortable
US /ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl/
UK /ˈkʌmftəbl/
- Adjective
- Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- Being relaxed, warm or happy
A2Moredating apps
US
UK
- Noun (plural)
- Mobile applications designed to facilitate online dating and connections between individuals seeking romantic relationships.
A1Moreexcept for
US /ɪkˈsɛpt fɔr/
UK /ikˈsept fɔ:/
- Preposition
- Not including; excluding.
excite
US /ɪkˈsaɪt/
UK /ɪk'saɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make something or someone become more active
- To make someone feel happy, interested or eager
A2TOEICMorefoundation
US /faʊnˈdeʃən/
UK /faunˈdeiʃən/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Base or important starting point
- Underground base on which building is constructed
C1TOEICMoreguest
US /ɡɛst/
UK /ɡest/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
- Paying customer at a hotel or restaurant
- Adjective
- Referring to people visiting or staying at a place
- Provided for or used by a guest.
A2Morehost
US /host/
UK /həʊst/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Mass; a great number
- Person who entertains guests
- Transitive Verb
- To be the sponsor of an event, e.g. the Olympics
- To lead or start a party, program, or other event
A2TOEICMoreinvest
US /ɪnˈvɛst/
UK /ɪn'vest/
- Transitive Verb
- To use resources to build for the future
A2TOEICMoreopportunity
US /ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju-/
UK /ˌɒpə'tju:nətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- A favorable time or occasion for doing something.
A2TOEICMorepride
US /praɪd/
UK /praɪd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Sense of your own importance and worth
- A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you or people connected with you have done something well.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be proud of something you did
A2Morerecommend
US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/
UK /ˌrekə'mend/
- Transitive Verb
- To advise or suggest that someone do something
- To endorse or support something publicly.
A2TOEICMorerespond
US /rɪˈspɑnd/
UK /rɪ'spɒnd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To answer something or someone
- To have a good reaction to e.g. medical treatment
A2TOEICMoresegment
US /ˈsɛɡmənt/
UK /ˈsegmənt/
- Noun
- Part divided from the other parts of something
- Transitive Verb
- To separate something into different parts
B1TOEICMoreshare
US /ʃɛr/
UK /ʃeə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- Part of a company you own, shown by a certificate
- Transitive Verb
- To divide something between two or more people
- To allow others to use your things equally
A2TOEICMoretake it easy
US /tek ɪt ˈizi/
UK /teik it ˈi:zi/
- Phrase
A1Moretan
US /tæn/
UK /tæn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A light brown color
- Brown colored skin from being in the sun
- Transitive Verb
- To process leather with a tanning agent
B2More
Vocabulary
- dating apps: Mobile applications designed to facilitate online dating and connections between individuals seeking romantic relationships.
- take it easy
- except for: Not including; excluding.
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- foundation: Base or important starting point
- segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
- invest: To use resources to build for the future
- respond: To answer something or someone
- pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- host: Mass; a great number
- great: Very good; better than before
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- person: Man, woman or child
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- tan: A light brown color
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- authentically: In a manner showing it is real and not a copy
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- guest: Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
- bleep: Short sound made by an electronic instrument
- excite: To make something or someone become more active
- app: Small applications for smartphones
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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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