alive
US /əˈlaɪv/
UK /ə'laɪv/
- Adjective
- Living; not dead
- Active; energetic; full of life.
A2TOEICMoreas long as
US /æz lɔŋ æz/
UK /æz lɔŋ æz/
- Conjunction
- For the period that; provided that.
- For the length of time that
- Preposition
- On the condition that; providing that.
- Having the same length as.
A1Morecrowd
US /kraʊd/
UK /kraʊd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To force too many things, people into
- (Lots of people) to meet together in one place
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Large group of people together in one place
A2Morefade
US /fed/
UK /feɪd/
- Intransitive Verb
- To cause to lose brightness of color
- To lose strength or freshness
A2TOEICMoregive up
US /ɡɪv ʌp/
UK /ɡiv ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To lose hope or admit defeat
- To decide to not start to try solving a problem
A1Moreglassy
US /ˈglæsi/
UK /ˈglɑ:si/
- Adjective
- Looks or acts like glass; shiny
B1Morelonely
US /ˈloʊnli/
UK /ˈləʊnli/
- Adjective
- Sad because apart from other people
- Being far away and rarely visited by people
B2Moremystery
US /ˈmɪstəri/
UK /ˈmɪstri/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Quality of being strange and not understood
- Book, play, or film about solving a strange crime
A2Morerecall
US /rɪˈkɔl/
UK /rɪˈkɔ:l/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
- Act of remembering events or details of the past
- Transitive Verb
- (Company) to ask for the return of faulty goods
- To remember events or details of the past
A2Moreshatter
US /ˈʃætɚ/
UK /'ʃætə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To break into small pieces
B1Moresky
US /skaɪ/
UK /skaɪ/
- Noun
- The place where we see clouds above us
A2Morespend
US /spɛnd/
UK /spend/
- Transitive Verb
- To use money to pay for something
- To use time in order to do something
A2TOEICMoresurvive
US /sɚˈvaɪv/
UK /sə'vaɪv/
- Intransitive Verb
- To continue to live despite illness or trouble
A2TOEICMoretruth
US /truθ/
UK /tru:θ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Real facts about something
A2More
Vocabulary
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- shatter: To break into small pieces
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
- alive: Living; not dead
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- deep: Complex and important
- part: Division of a book
- truth: Real facts about something
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- sky: The place where we see clouds above us
- glassy: Looks or acts like glass; shiny
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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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