correct
US /kəˈrɛkt/
UK /kə'rekt/
- Adjective
- Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- True or accurate
- Transitive Verb
- To fix a problem
- To write marks on a piece of work to show mistakes
A2Moredesperate
US /ˈdɛspərɪt/
UK /ˈdespərət/
- Adjective
- Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- State of urgently wanting to go to the toilet
A2Moreed
US
UK
- Noun
- Shortened form of 'editor'
- Transitive Verb
- To exhaust or tire someone out.
- To exclude or remove someone from something.
A2Moreepisode
US /ˈɛpɪˌsod/
UK /'epɪsəʊd/
- Noun
- One separate event in a series of events
- Show which is part of a larger story
B1TOEICMorefocus
US /ˈfokəs/
UK /'fəʊkəs/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- To keep your attention, concentration on one thing
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Main purpose or center of interest or activity
- The clarity of an image produced by a lens.
A2TOEICMorefor example
US
UK
- Phrase
- As an illustration or instance.
fortune
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.
B1TOEICMoregrammar
US /ˈɡræmɚ/
UK /ˈgræmə(r)/
- Uncountable Noun
- Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- Rules explaining how words are used in a language
B1Moreirregular
US /ɪˈrɛɡjəlɚ/
UK /ɪˈregjələ(r)/
- Adjective
- Happening at unequal spaced distances or times
- Being unusual, unexpected, or not normal
A2Morekitchen
US /ˈkɪtʃən/
UK /ˈkɪtʃɪn/
- Noun
- Place where food is cooked
A2Morelook at
US /lʊk æt/
UK /luk æt/
- Phrasal Verb
- To use your eyes to focus on something
- To focus your eyes on something carefully
A1Morelunch in
US /lʌntʃ ɪn/
UK /lʌntʃ ɪn/
- other
- To eat lunch at home or workplace rather than outside.
A2Moreregular
US /ˈrɛɡjəlɚ/
UK /ˈregjələ(r)/
- Adjective
- Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- Occurring or being done frequently
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Customers who frequently visit a place
- Soldier who has a permanent job in the army
A2TOEICMoretense
US /tɛns/
UK /tens/
- Noun
- The use of grammar to state the time things happen
- Adjective
- Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
- Stretched tight and stiff
A2TOEICMoreused 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
A1More
Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- lunch in: To eat lunch at home or workplace rather than outside.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- fortune: What might happen to you in the future
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- important: Having power or authority
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
- irregular: Happening at unequal spaced distances or times
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- kitchen: Place where food is cooked
- ed: Shortened form of 'editor'
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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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nao posted on 2021/07/23Ever get confused about when to use the past simple? This episode of Fortune Blue breaks down how to talk about finished actions and tackles those tricky irregular verbs with tons of example sentences! You'll be practicing your verb skills and building simple sentences like a pro in no time.
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