alive
US /əˈlaɪv/
UK /ə'laɪv/
- Adjective
- Living; not dead
- Active; energetic; full of life.
A2TOEICMorearticle
US /ˈɑrtɪkəl/
UK /'ɑ:tɪkl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- Piece of writing about a particular subject
A2TOEICMoreback up
US /bæk ʌp/
UK /bæk ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To save a copy of your computer data
- To confirm the truth of what someone says
A1Morecondition
US /kənˈdɪʃən/
UK /kənˈdɪʃn/
- Transitive Verb
- To improve something to make it better
- To cause to behave automatically in a certain way
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Disease or other medical problem
- The state of living you are in, e.g. good health
A2Moredissipate
US /ˈdɪsəˌpet/
UK /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/
- Intransitive Verb
- To disappear over time
B2TOEICMoregenerally
US /ˈdʒɛnərəli/
UK /ˈdʒenrəli/
- Adverb
- Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
A2Moregrim
US /ɡrɪm/
UK /ɡrɪm/
- Adjective
- Being very serious or determined
- Causing someone to worry or feel sad or hopeless
B1Morehell
US /hɛl/
UK /hel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Any place of pain and suffering
- A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
A2Morein other words
US
UK
- Phrase
- Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
melancholy
US /ˈmɛlənˌkɑli/
UK /ˈmelənkəli/
- Adjective
- Having a sad mood or feeling
- Uncountable Noun
- sadness that lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason
B2Moremove on
US /muv ɑn/
UK /mu:v ɔn/
- Phrasal Verb
- To decide to change or go to a different place
- To start talking about something different.
A1Moreneurotic
US /nʊˈrɑ:tɪk/
UK /njʊəˈrɒtɪk/
- Adjective
- Worrying in an unhealthy, unreasonable way
- Noun
- Someone who worries in an unhealthy way
C1Morenostalgia
US /nəˈstældʒə/
UK /nɒˈstældʒə/
- Uncountable Noun
- Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
B2Moreon the surface
US /ɑn ði ˈsɚfəs/
UK /ɔn ðə ˈsə:fis/
- Phrase
- Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
- Located on the outer part or uppermost layer of something.
B2Morepierce
US /pɪrs/
UK /pɪəs/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Transitive Verb
- To force a way into
- To make a hole with something sharp
B2Moreplant
US /plænt/
UK /plɑ:nt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Factory or a place where things are made
- Living thing with leaves and roots growing in soil
- Transitive Verb
- To firmly position something (in the ground)
- To put seeds, flowers, trees in the ground
A2TOEICMorepleasure
US /ˈplɛʒɚ/
UK /'pleʒə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- A thing that causes enjoyment or delight.
- Transitive Verb
- To give someone pleasure or satisfaction.
A2TOEICMorepsychological
US /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/
UK /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/
- Adjective
- Concerning the study of the mind
- Relating to or involving the use of propaganda, threats, or other psychological techniques to subdue an opponent.
A2Morepurpose
US /ˈpɚpəs/
UK /'pɜ:pəs/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- A person's sense of resolve or determination.
- Adverb
- With clear intention or determination.
- Intentionally; deliberately.
A2TOEICMorereality
US /riˈælɪti/
UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
A2Morerelease
US /rɪ'li:s/
UK /rɪ'li:s/
- Transitive Verb
- To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
- Noun
- Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
- Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
A2TOEICMoresoul
US /sol/
UK /səʊl/
- Noun
- Central or basic part of something
- Strong, deep emotion in speech or performance
A2Morespiral
US /ˈspaɪrəl/
UK /'spaɪrəl/
- Noun
- A continuous curve round a central point
- Intransitive Verb
- To move in a continuous curve round a point
B2Moresuffer
US / ˈsʌfɚ/
UK /'sʌfə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To experience pain, illness, or injury
- To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
A2Moresurface
US /ˈsɚfəs/
UK /'sɜ:fɪs/
- Transitive Verb
- To give (road) a top layer
- Intransitive Verb
- To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
- To come to the top of something; emerge
A2TOEICMoretend
US /tɛnd/
UK /tend/
- Intransitive Verb
- To move or act in a certain manner
- Transitive Verb
- To take care of
A2Moretherapeutic
US /ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk/
UK /ˌθerəˈpju:tɪk/
- Adjective
- Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
B2More
Vocabulary
- in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- melancholy: Having a sad mood or feeling
- nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- grim: Being very serious or determined
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- neurotic: Worrying in an unhealthy, unreasonable way
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- alive: Living; not dead
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- plant: Factory or a place where things are made
- dissipate: To disappear over time
- part: Division of a book
- pierce: Person's name
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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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