bear
US /bɛr/
UK /bɛː/
- Transitive Verb
- To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
- Countable Noun
- Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
- Someone who expects stock market to fall
A2Morecomfort
US /ˈkʌmfət/
UK /'kʌmfət/
- Transitive Verb
- To try to make distressed person feel better
- Uncountable Noun
- Acts or words that reduce pain or sadness
- State of being relaxed, warm or happy
A2Moredull
US /dʌl/
UK /dʌl/
- Adjective
- Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
- Being dim, not so bright and hard to see
- Transitive Verb
- To cause a thing to become less sharp/less bright
A2Morefade
US /fed/
UK /feɪd/
- Intransitive Verb
- To cause to lose brightness of color
- To lose strength or freshness
A2TOEICMorefool
US /ful/
UK /fu:l/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An idiot; someone who does something stupid
- Person kept by royalty to entertain with jokes
- Transitive Verb
- To trick someone; to deceive
A2Morefray
US /fre/
UK /freɪ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To form loose threads at the edge of cloth
- (Of temper, nerves, etc.) to become tense
B2TOEICMorelay
US /le/
UK /leɪ/
- Adjective
- Amateur; not being a trained priest
- Transitive Verb
- To place a bet on a game outcome
- (Of a bird, etc.) to produce eggs from its body
A2Morememory
US /ˈmɛməri/
UK /'memərɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Ability of the mind to call back past things
- Space for the storage of information on a computer
A2Morerefuse
US /ˈrefjus/
UK /rɪ'fju:z/
- Transitive Verb
- To not accept, allow, or give something
- Uncountable Noun
- Garbage, waste
A2TOEICMorerob
US /rɑb/
UK /rɒb/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Transitive Verb
- To steal money or property from (bank or person)
- To prevent from getting something deserved
A2Morewidow
US /ˈwɪdo/
UK /'wɪdəʊ/
- Noun
- Woman whose husband has died
B1More
Vocabulary
- dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
- comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
- march: To force someone to walk somewhere
- fool: An idiot; someone who does something stupid
- rob: Person's name
- age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- long: Person's name
- close: Almost; near
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- fray: To form loose threads at the edge of cloth
- widow: Woman whose husband has died
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- join: To bring something close to another, to become one
- young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
- marry: To become the husband or wife of someone
- brother: A boy or man who shares a parent with you
- boy: A young male person
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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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Spencer & Alex’s Final Reunion | 1923 | Paramount+
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/06/18Ever wondered about unreliable narrators and memory twists? Dive into the melancholic world of Spencer and Alexandra Dutton in this short film from the 1920s! You'll get a fantastic chance to practice simple sentence structures while exploring a captivating story.
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