admit
US /ædˈmɪt/
UK /əd'mɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To acknowledge that something is true or right
- To allow someone to enter
A2TOEICMoreapplause
US /əˈplɔz/
UK /ə'plɔ:z/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
B1Morecloser than
US
UK
- Phrase
- Nearer in distance compared to something else.
- Having a stronger emotional bond compared to someone else.
A1Moreescape
US /ɪˈskep/
UK /ɪ'skeɪp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- The 'esc key' on a keyboard
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
- To get away from a place where you are being kept
A2Morehang out
US /hæŋ aʊt/
UK /hæŋ aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To spend time with your friends
- To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
A2Morelie
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
A2Morenext to
US /nɛkst tu/
UK /nekst tu:/
- Preposition
- Being located along side another
- In comparison with
- Adverb
- Almost; nearly
A1Moreslip away
US /slɪp əˈwe/
UK /slip əˈwei/
- Phrasal Verb
- To leave a place quietly or secretly, often to avoid attention.
- To gradually disappear or be lost.
B1Moretaste
US /test/
UK /teɪst/
- Uncountable Noun
- (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To experience something
- To experience the flavor of food, drink
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
A1Morewaste
US /west/
UK /weɪst/
- Transitive Verb
- To kill or severely harm someone
- To use valuable things ineffectively
- Uncountable Noun
- Materials left over after a process has finished
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- next to: Being located along side another
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- closer than: Nearer in distance compared to something else.
- slip away: To leave a place quietly or secretly, often to avoid attention.
- applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- leave: To go away from; depart
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
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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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5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) perform 'Amnesia' GMA 30/9/14
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selena posted on 2014/10/04Get ready for an emotional ride with 5 Seconds of Summer's first GMA appearance performing 'Amnesia'! You'll love this live pop-rock ballad, and it's a fantastic chance to practice understanding simple sentence structures in a real-world context.
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