aid
US /ed/
UK /eɪd/
- Transitive Verb
- To help others and provide things
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Action of giving help to others
- Money or help given to those who need it
A2TOEICMoreallergic
US /əˈlədʒɪk/
UK /əˈlɜ:dʒɪk/
- Adjective
- Of or having a reaction to an allergy
B2Moreass
US /æs/
UK /æs/
- Noun
- (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
C2Morebrave
US /brev/
UK /breɪv/
- Countable Noun
- (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
- Adjective
- Not letting fear or danger stop you acting
A2Morebroom
US /brum,brʊm/
UK /bru:m/
- Noun
- Brush with a long handle, used for cleaning
B2Morebruise
US /bruz/
UK /bru:z/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause a dark mark in the flesh through injury
- Countable Noun
- A dark mark on the skin caused by an accident
B1Morebutter
US /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/
UK /ˈbʌt.ə/
- Uncountable Noun
- Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
- Transitive Verb
- To spread butter on bread
A2Morecare of
US /kɛr ʌv/
UK /kɛə ɔv/
- Preposition
- Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
A2Morecatholic
US /ˈkæθəlɪk, ˈkæθlɪk/
UK /ˈkæθlɪk/
- Adjective
- One of many Christian belief systems
- Noun
- Person believing in the Catholic church
B2Morecelebrate
US /ˈsɛləˌbret/
UK /'selɪbreɪt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- To lead or participate in a religious ceremony
A2Morecoat
US /koʊt/
UK /kəʊt/
- Noun
- Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
- Transitive Verb
- To cover something thinly with something
A2Morecork
US /kɔrk/
UK /kɔ:k/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
- The soft bark of an oak tree
B2Morecurb
US /kɚb/
UK /kɜ:b/
- Noun
- Anything that restrains or controls
B2Moreextra
US /'ekstrə/
UK /'ekstrə/
- Adjective
- More than necessary; additional
- Of especially good quality or grade.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Items more than you need; additional items
- Person who has a small part in a movie
A2Moreflip
US /flɪp/
UK /flɪp/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- To move into a different position quickly
- Noun
- Act of turning your body in the air; somersault
- Movement of something from one position to another
B2Moreflour
US /flaʊr/
UK /ˈflaʊə(r)/
- Uncountable Noun
- Powder made from a grain used in cooking
- Transitive Verb
- To cover something with flour in cooking
B1Morefreckle
US /ˈfrɛkəl/
UK /ˈfrekl/
- Countable Noun
- Small brown spot on the skin
B2Morefridge
US /frɪdʒ/
UK /frɪdʒ/
- Noun
- An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
A2Morehave to
US /hæv tu/
UK /ˈhæv tə/
- Auxiliary Verb
- Must do
A1Morein the bag
US
UK
- Idiom
- Assured of success; certain to be achieved.
- Adjective
- Securely obtained or achieved.
A1Moreinfect
US /ɪnˈfɛkt/
UK /ɪn'fekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To introduce a computer virus to
- To give a disease, bacteria or virus to
B1Moreinjection
US /ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən/
UK /ɪnˈdʒekʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of adding or putting in; adding to
- Putting medicine into someone with a syringe
B1Morejam
US /dʒæm/
UK /dʒæm/
- Transitive Verb
- To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
- To push into a tight space until it can't move
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To pack together so things cannot move freely
A2Morekick
US /kɪk/
UK /kɪk/
- Noun
- Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- Transitive Verb
- To hit or move something with the foot
A2Morekill me
US
UK
- Interjection
- An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
- Phrase
- A direct request to end one's life, often due to unbearable suffering.
A2Morekiwi
US /ˈkiwi/
UK /ˈki:wi:/
- Noun
- Flightless bird from New Zealand
C1Morelime
US /laɪm/
UK /laɪm/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- White containing calcium used in farming
- Small, round and sour fruit with hard green skin
- Adjective
- Bright green color
B2Morelobster
US /ˈlɑ:bstə(r)/
UK /ˈlɒbstə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
B2Moreneedle
US /ˈnidl/
UK /'ni:dl/
- Countable Noun
- Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
- Very thin pointed object used in sewing
- Transitive Verb
- To upset someone by making rude or hurtful remarks
- To prick or pierce with a needle.
B1Morephd
US
UK
- Noun
- Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
C2Morephobia
US /ˈfoʊbiə/
UK /ˈfəʊbiə/
- Noun
- Extreme fear
C1Morepie
US /paɪ/
UK /paɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
B1TOEICMorepoison
US /ˈpɔɪzən/
UK /ˈpɔɪzn/
- Transitive Verb
- To affect something in a very negative way
- To hurt or kill with a dangerous substance
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Substance that can kill when eaten/drunk
- Something that has a harmful or destructive influence.
A2Morepumpkin
US /ˈpʌmpkɪn, ˈpʌm-, ˈpʌŋ-/
UK /ˈpʌmpkɪn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
B1Morepuncture
US /ˈpʌŋktʃɚ/
UK /ˈpʌŋktʃə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To make hole letting air out in tire/balloon, etc.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A hole in e.g. a tire or balloon that lets air out
B2Morereaction
US /riˈækʃən/
UK /rɪ'ækʃn/
- Noun
- Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- Feeling or action in response to something
A2Moreshot
US /ʃɑt/
UK /ʃɒt/
- Transitive Verb
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- Countable Noun
- An attempt to kick or throw a ball at a goal
A2Moreslight
US /slaɪt/
UK /slaɪt/
- Adjective
- Small (amount, quality)
- Appearing thin, delicate and physically weak
- Transitive Verb
- To ignore or treat rudely and with no respect
B1Moresqueeze
US /skwiz/
UK /skwi:z/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
- Act of putting pressure on, as to get liquid out
- Transitive Verb
- To force or threaten someone to give you something
- To strongly compress something to get liquid out
C1Moresquirt
US /skwɜ:rt/
UK /skwɜ:t/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To fire liquid out of a small hole under pressure
B1Morestick
US /stɪk/
UK /stɪk/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- To join together using glue or paste
- Countable Noun
- Long thin piece of wood from a tree
A2Moreswell
US /swɛl/
UK /swel/
- Intransitive Verb
- To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
- To increase in size or number larger than normal
- Uncountable Noun
- Being overcome from feeling a strong emotion
- Act of growing in size or increasing in number
B1Moretongue
US /tʌŋ/
UK /tʌŋ/
- Noun
- Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
- Transitive Verb
- To using your mouth to produce musical notes
- To use your mouth to touch something
A2Morewound
US /waʊnd/
UK /waʊnd/
- Transitive Verb
- To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
- To hurt someone emotionally
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Sadness or displeasure caused by a bad memory
- Physical injury, especially that suffered in war
A2More
Vocabulary
- kill me: An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- in the bag: Assured of success; certain to be achieved.
- have to: Must do
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
- aid: To help others and provide things
- curb: Anything that restrains or controls
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- slight: Small (amount, quality)
- swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
- wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- poison: To affect something in a very negative way
- jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- bruise: To cause a dark mark in the flesh through injury
- phobia: Extreme fear
- brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
- broom: Brush with a long handle, used for cleaning
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- catholic: One of many Christian belief systems
- flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
- lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- coat: Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
- cork: The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
- band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
- freckle: Small brown spot on the skin
- special: Being additional or extra
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- infect: To introduce a computer virus to
- puncture: To make hole letting air out in tire/balloon, etc.
- pumpkin: Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
- squirt: To fire liquid out of a small hole under pressure
- injection: Act of adding or putting in; adding to
- butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
- lime: White containing calcium used in farming
- pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
- phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
- kiwi: Flightless bird from New Zealand
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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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PORCO ROSSO posted on 2025/02/02Oh no, Ross is allergic to kiwi?! You'll love this hilarious clip from Friends as Ross's allergy mix-up leads to some classic sitcom chaos and a hospital visit. It's a fantastic way to practice understanding situational dialogue and everyday practical phrases in a super fun way!
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