Vocabulary

  • got to: To arrive at some place
  • on the money: Exactly correct or precise.
  • all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
  • on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
  • in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • set on: To attack
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • plus size: Denoting or relating to clothes that are larger than the standard sizes.
  • in the post: Sent by mail or postal service.
  • go on: To continue doing something
  • give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
  • blow up: To suddenly become angry
  • get here: To arrive at a specific location.
  • have to: Must do
  • interest of: For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
  • team up with: To join with someone in order to work on something together.
  • for the record: Said to ensure something is officially noted or remembered.
  • come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
  • to do with: To be about something; concern
  • turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
  • with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
  • sit around: To spend time idly; to do nothing in particular.
  • to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
  • from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
  • come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
  • stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
  • conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
  • dude: Form of address for a man
  • lean: To balance against or on something for support
  • stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
  • military: Army or armed forces
  • population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
  • launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
  • roam: To move about freely without a set destination
  • magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
  • fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
  • supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
  • civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
  • place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • memorize: To study something so that you remember it
  • awe: To feel admiration, respect, or fear
  • disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
  • glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
  • remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
  • pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
  • interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
  • finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
  • point: An item to be discussed
  • momentous: Very important or serious
  • nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
  • set: Prepared for something; ready
  • murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
  • lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
  • broadcast: To send out signals by radio or television
  • reportedly: According to information heard from some sources
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
  • country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
  • erect: Standing straight up
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • crippling: To hurt and make useless
  • show: To be easily seen or displayed
  • close: Almost; near
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • overthrow: To throw something past a certain point or person
  • husky: (Of people) strongly built
  • elect: To select someone for a position by voting
  • outspoken: Saying (too) clearly what you think
  • taper: (Of e.g. streets) to become gradually narrower
  • precipice: Very steep or overhanging dangerous cliff
  • flagpole: Tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
Placeholder Image

    Preparing usage notes, please check back later

  • not found vocabularyNo vocabulary matches your filters
    • all over the place

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
      • In many different locations; widely distributed.
      • Adjective
      • Mentally or emotionally disorganized; confused or erratic.
      A1
      More
    • awe

      US /ɔ/

      UK /ɔ:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To feel admiration, respect, or fear
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise.
      B2
      More
    • blow up

      US /blo ʌp/

      UK /bləu ʌp/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To suddenly become angry
      • To put air in something, e.g. a tire or balloon
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To explode; to be destroyed by an explosion.
      A2
      More
    • broadcast

      US /ˈbrɔdˌkæst/

      UK /'brɔ:dkɑ:st/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To send out signals by radio or television
      • To make widely known.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Program sent out from a radio or TV station
      • The transmission of signals over the airwaves.
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • civil

      US /ˈsɪvəl/

      UK /ˈsɪvl/

      • Adjective
      • Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
      • Acting in a polite, but not truly friendly manner
      B1
      More
    • come back

      US /kʌm bæk/

      UK /kʌm bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To reply to someone, often forcefully
      • To be remembered
      A1
      More
    • come up with

      US /kʌm ʌp wɪð/

      UK /kʌm ʌp wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To think of an idea or solution; produce
      A1
      More
    • conversation

      US /ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən/

      UK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Talking with other people; discussion or chat
      • General communication or interaction.
      A2
      More
    • crippling

      US /ˈkrɪplɪŋ/

      UK /'krɪplɪŋ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hurt and make useless
      B2
      More
    • disturb

      US /dɪˈstɜ:rb/

      UK /dɪˈstɜ:b/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone anxiety or fear
      • To cause someone anxiety or fear
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • dude

      US /dud, djud/

      UK /du:d/

      • Noun
      • Form of address for a man
      • (informal) A man; a fellow.
      • Interjection
      • (informal) Used as a term of address, often between men.
      B2
      More
    • elect

      US /ɪˈlɛkt/

      UK /ɪ'lekt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To select someone for a position by voting
      B1TOEIC
      More
    • erect

      US /ɪˈrɛkt/

      UK /ɪ'rekt/

      • Adjective
      • Standing straight up
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put up a tower, statue or building; construct
      B2
      More
    • ethnic

      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.
      B1
      More
    • finance

      US /fəˈnæns, faɪ-, ˈfaɪˌnæns/

      UK /ˈfaɪnæns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Control of money a person, business has access to
      • Adjective
      • Concerned with money
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • flagpole

      US /ˈflæɡˌpol/

      UK /ˈflægpəʊl/

      • Noun
      • Tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
      C2
      More
    • for the record

      US /fɔr ði rɪˈkɚd/

      UK /fɔ: ðə riˈkɔ:d/

      • Phrase
      • Said to ensure something is officially noted or remembered.
      • To state something to ensure the correct information is known.
      A1
      More
    • from now on

      US /frʌm naʊ ɑn/

      UK /frɔm nau ɔn/

      • Phrase
      • Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
      A1
      More
    • get here

      US

      UK

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To arrive at a specific location.
      A1
      More
    • give 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
      A1
      More
    • glory

      US /ˈɡlɔri, ˈɡlori/

      UK /'ɡlɔ:rɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of having respect, honor or pride
      • Condition of great beauty, success, or influence
      B1
      More
    • go on

      US /ɡo ɑn/

      UK /ɡəu ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To continue doing something
      • To happen (usually negative)
      • Interjection
      • Used to encourage someone
      A1
      More
    • got to

      US /ɡɑt tu/

      UK /gɔt tu:/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To arrive at some place
      • To have the opportunity or permission to do something
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To appeal to the emotions of; move
      • To finally begin to start something after a delay
      A1
      More
    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
      A1
      More
    • husky

      US /ˈhʌski/

      UK /'hʌskɪ/

      • Adjective
      • (Of people) strongly built
      • Noun
      • (Voice) being sore and deep often due to a cold
      B2
      More
    • in the post

      US /ɪn ðə ˈpoʊst/

      UK /in ðə ˈpəust/

      • other
      • Sent by mail or postal service.
      A2
      More
    • in the world

      US /ɪn ði wɜrld/

      UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/

      • Phrase
      • Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
      • Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
      A1
      More
    • interest of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
      • A feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.
      • Noun
      • A legal share or right in something.
      A1
      More
    • interview

      US /ˈɪntɚˌvju/

      UK /'ɪntəvju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To formally ask questions about a given topic
      • Noun
      • Meeting to ask questions to get information
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • launch

      US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

      UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

      • Noun
      • Starting a new project; introducing new product
      • Act of firing rockets into the air
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • lay

      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
      A2
      More
    • lean

      US /lin/

      UK /li:n/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To balance against or on something for support
      • To have a tendency to do something; favor
      • Adjective
      • Having a low fat content
      • Efficient; well-designed with no waste
      A2
      More
    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
      A1
      More
    • magnificent

      US /mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt/

      UK /mæɡ'nɪfɪsnt/

      • Adjective
      • Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
      • Extremely impressive or beautiful; characterized by grandeur.
      B1TOEIC
      More
    • memorize

      US /ˈmɛməˌraɪz/

      UK /ˈmeməraɪz/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To study something so that you remember it
      A2
      More
    • military

      US /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri/

      UK /'mɪlətrɪ/

      • Noun
      • Army or armed forces
      • Adjective
      • Concerning the army or navy
      B1
      More
    • momentous

      US /moʊˈmentəs/

      UK /məˈmentəs/

      • Adjective
      • Very important or serious
      C1
      More
    • multiple

      US /ˈmʌltəpəl/

      UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/

      • Adjective
      • Having or involving more than one of something
      • Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
      • Countable Noun
      • Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
      • A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
      B1
      More
    • murder

      US /ˈmɚdɚ/

      UK /'mɜ:də(r)/

      • Noun
      • Something that is difficult or painful to do
      • Crime of deliberately killing a person
      • Transitive Verb
      • To intentionally kill a person
      • To spoil, ruin something by doing it poorly
      A2
      More
    • newsletter

      US /ˈnu:zletə(r)/

      UK /ˈnju:zletə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Report or open letter giving news to a group
      B2TOEIC
      More
    • nuclear

      US /ˈnukliɚ, ˈnju-/

      UK /ˈnju:kliə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning or involving the center of an atom
      A2
      More
    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
      A2
      More
    • on the brink of

      US /ɑːn ðiː brɪŋk ɑːv/

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
      • About to happen; imminent.
      A1
      More
    • on the money

      US /ɑn ðə ˈmʌni/

      UK /ɒn ðə ˈmʌni/

      • other
      • Exactly correct or precise.
      B2
      More
    • outspoken

      US /aʊtˈspoʊkən/

      UK /aʊtˈspəʊkən/

      • Adjective
      • Saying (too) clearly what you think
      C2
      More
    • overthrow

      US /ˌoʊvərˈθroʊ/

      UK /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To throw something past a certain point or person
      • To forcefully remove a government from power
      • Noun
      • Act of throwing past a certain point or person
      • Forceful removal of a government from power
      B2
      More
    • plus size

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Denoting or relating to clothes that are larger than the standard sizes.
      • Noun
      • A model who wears plus-size clothing.
      More
    • pole

      US /pol/

      UK /pəʊl/

      • Noun
      • One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
      • Most northern or most southern point on a planet
      • Transitive Verb
      • To move a boat with a stick or pole
      B1
      More
    • population

      US /ˌpɑpjəˈleʃən/

      UK /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
      • A group of individuals of one species living in a particular area.
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • precipice

      US /ˈprɛsəpɪs/

      UK /ˈpresəpɪs/

      • Noun
      • Very steep or overhanging dangerous cliff
      C1
      More
    • remind

      US /rɪˈmaɪnd/

      UK /rɪ'maɪnd/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause someone to remember what they forgot
      • To cause someone to think of something similar or related.
      A2TOEIC
      More
    • reportedly

      US /rɪˈpɔ:rtɪdli/

      UK /rɪˈpɔ:tɪdli/

      • Adverb
      • According to information heard from some sources
      A2
      More
    • roam

      US /rom/

      UK /rəʊm/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To move about freely without a set destination
      B1
      More
    • rope

      US /rop/

      UK /rəʊp/

      • Countable Noun
      • A thick string made by twisting fibers together
      • Transitive Verb
      • To tie/attach animals, etc. together using a rope
      • To enclose or cordon off an area with a rope.
      B1
      More
    • set on

      US /sɛt ɑn/

      UK /set ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To attack
      • To cause someone to want to do something.
      A1
      More
    • sit around

      US /sit əˈraʊnd/

      UK /sit əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To spend time idly; to do nothing in particular.
      A1
      More
    • slap

      US /slæp/

      UK /slæp/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
      B1
      More
    • stimulate

      US /ˈstɪmjəˌlet/

      UK /'stɪmjʊleɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arouse or excite emotionally
      B1
      More
    • stuff

      US /stʌf/

      UK /stʌf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Generic description for things, materials, objects
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push material inside something, with force
      B1
      More
    • supposedly

      US /səˈpoʊzɪdli/

      UK /səˈpəʊzɪdli/

      • Adverb
      • As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
      A2
      More
    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
      A1
      More
    • taper

      US /ˈtepɚ/

      UK /'teɪpə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • (Of e.g. streets) to become gradually narrower
      B2
      More
    • team up with

      US /tim ʌp wɪð/

      UK /ti:m ʌp wið/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To join with someone in order to work on something together.
      A1
      More
    • to do with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To be about something; concern
      A1
      More
    • to let

      US /tu lɛt/

      UK /tu let/

      • Preposition
      • Indicates that a property is available for rent.
      A2
      More
    • turn around

      US /tɚn əˈraʊnd/

      UK /tə:n əˈraund/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To change your body to the opposite direction
      • To make something running badly into a success
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change direction so as to face the opposite way.
      • To improve or cause to improve.
      A1
      More
    • with it

      US /wɪð ɪt/

      UK /wið it/

      • Adjective
      • Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
      • Understanding and knowledgeable about current trends or information.
      A1
      More
    Video not in English?
    Video not in English?

    Get the full experience in the app

    Learn anywhere with detailed sentence and usage analysis

    preview
    01:03

    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.

    Get the full experience in the app

    Look up words anytime with pronunciation, part of speech, and usage

    preview

    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
    A2 Elementary

    Get the full experience in the app

    Practice speaking anytime and get instant pronunciation feedback

    preview

    Try this speaking exercise.

    Try practicing with this sentence.

    80
    B1
    #TheLateShow#trump#iran#tucker#nuclear#carlson

    Big Beautiful Poles | What Trump Wants From Iran | Bibi's Disturbing Gift | MAGA Civil War

    0
    林宜悉 posted on 2025/06/19
    Stephen Colbert is back with a hilarious take on Trump's foreign policy and the latest Iran-Israel tensions! You'll love his spot-on Trump impression and get a great laugh while picking up on simple sentence structures and cultural insights.

    Learn this video on the APP!

    The VoiceTube App has more in-depth practice for videos!

    Recommended Videos

    Auto Next Video

    Footer

    Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

    About

    • About Us
    • Our Learning Services
    • Join Us
    • FAQ
    • Hot Tags

    Services

    • Pronunciation Challenge
    • Saved
    • Search Vocabulary
    • Blog

    Channels

    Levels

    • A1
    • A2
    • B1
    • B2
    • C1
    • C2

    Privacy˙Terms˙
    ©2026 VoiceTube Corporation. All rights reserved