agent
US /ˈedʒənt/
UK /'eɪdʒənt/
- Noun
- Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
- Person who represents or decides for others
A2TOEICMoreapparently
US /əˈpærəntlɪ/
UK /əˈpærəntli/
- Adverb
- According to what you heard; from what can be seen
A2TOEICMorebell
US /bɛl/
UK /bel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
- Electronic device that makes a ringing sound
A2Morebirdie
US /ˈbɜ:rdi/
UK /ˈbɜ:di/
- Noun
- Shooting a hole in one stroke under par in golf
B2Moredictator
US /ˈdɪkteɪtər/
UK /dɪkˈteɪtə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Ruler who decides everything, and enforces it
B1Moreethnic
US /ˈɛθnɪk/
UK /ˈeθnɪk/
- Adjective
- Of people who share the same culture, traditions
- Belonging to a minority group that differs in culture, religion, or origin from the dominant group of a society.
B1Morefamiliar
US /fəˈmɪljɚ/
UK /fəˈmɪliə(r)/
- Adjective
- Well-known or easily recognized
- Having a good knowledge of something.
- Noun
- A close friend or associate.
- (In folklore) a spirit, often in animal form, believed to attend and serve a witch.
A2TOEICMorefiddler
US /ˈfɪdlər/
UK /ˈfɪdlə(r)/
- Noun
- An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
- Someone who plays the violin
B2Morekid
US /kɪd/
UK /kɪd/
- Countable Noun
- Child or young person
- Young goat
- Adjective
- Made from young goat skin
A2Moreneutral
US /ˈnu:trəl/
UK /ˈnju:trəl/
- Adjective
- Something with pH value of 7
- Having no positive or negative electrical charge
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Color that is dull and not bright, such as gray
- The rest position for gears in a car or vehicle
B1Morering a bell
US /rɪŋ e bɛl/
UK /riŋ ə bel/
- Idiom
- To sound familiar; to vaguely remember something.
B1Moreroof
US /ruf,rʊf/
UK /ru:f/
- Noun
- Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- Cover or top of a building or car
- Transitive Verb
- To place a cover or top onto a building, vehicle
A2Moreslaughter
US /ˈslɔtɚ/
UK /'slɔ:tə(r)/
- Noun
- Act of killing an animal to get its meat
- Beating someone easily and totally in a sport
- Transitive Verb
- To kill an animal, usually to get its meat
- To beat someone easily and totally in a sport
B2More
Vocabulary
- ring a bell: To sound familiar; to vaguely remember something.
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- neutral: Something with pH value of 7
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
- agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- dictator: Ruler who decides everything, and enforces it
- slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- kid: Child or young person
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
- bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
- switzerland: A landlocked federal republic in central Europe
- star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
- birdie: Shooting a hole in one stroke under par in golf
- big: Popular
- fiddler: An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
- joseph: (New Testament) Husband of Mary and (in Christian belief)
- stalin: Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition
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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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