airborne
US /ˈerbɔ:rn/
UK /ˈeəbɔ:n/
- Adjective
- Being in the air
- Transmitted through the air.
- Noun
- A military unit trained to be transported by air and parachute into combat.
- An operation involving the dropping of troops by parachute from aircraft.
C1Moreaircraft
US /ˈɛrˌkræft/
UK /ˈɛəkrɑ:ft/
- Countable Noun
- Vehicle that can fly
C2TOEICMoreally
US /'ælaɪ/
UK /'ælaɪ/
- Noun
- Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To join a group to offer or receive support
B1Moreamphibious
US /æmˈfɪbiəs/
UK /æmˈfɪbiəs/
- Adjective
- Operating or living on land and in water
B2Moreanti
US /ˈæntaɪ, -ti/
UK /'æntɪ/
- Adjective
- A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
B2Moreat home
US /æt hom/
UK /æt həum/
- Phrase
- In one's own residence or country.
- Adjective
- Feeling comfortable and relaxed.
auxiliary
US /ɔɡˈzɪljəri, -ˈzɪləri/
UK /ɔ:gˈzɪliəri/
- Adjective
- Helping or supporting a function or group
- Noun
- Group of workers who provide help and assistance
B2TOEICMoreaward
US /əˈwɔrd/
UK /ə'wɔ:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To give a prize for doing something well
- Countable Noun
- Prize given to you because you did something well
A2TOEICMorebrave
US /brev/
UK /breɪv/
- Countable Noun
- (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
- Adjective
- Not letting fear or danger stop you acting
A2Morebullet
US /ˈbʊlɪt/
UK /'bʊlɪt/
- Countable Noun
- Metal object fired from a gun
- Dot at the beginning of each line in a list
- Adjective
- Very fast.
B1Morecheck out
US /tʃɛk aʊt/
UK /tʃek aut/
- Phrase
- Phrasal Verb
- To find out information about something
- To take books out of a library
A1Moreclerk
US /klɚk,klɑrk/
UK /klɑ:k/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Person who works in a store or bank
A2Morecombatant
US /kəmˈbætn:t,ˈkɑmbətn:t/
UK /ˈkɒmbətənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Person in a fight or war
B2Morecontinent
US /ˈkɑntənənt/
UK /ˈkɒntɪnənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
- Adjective
- Able to control excretory functions (bowel and bladder).
B1Morecrack
US /kræk/
UK /kræk/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- Unexpected and hard hit to the body
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- To hit someone or something hard and unexpectedly
B1Morecrucial
US /ˈkruʃəl/
UK /'kru:ʃl/
- Adjective
- Extremely important or necessary
- Of great importance to the success of something.
B1Morededication
US /ˌdɛdɪˈkeʃən/
UK /ˌdedɪ'keɪʃn/
- Noun
- Addressing book, song to someone to show respect
- Commitment to work hard for something important
B1TOEICMoredefeat
US /dɪˈfit/
UK /dɪ'fi:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To beat an enemy, team, disease
- To prevent something from succeeding.
- Noun
- When you lose a fight, game or competition
- The feeling of having been beaten.
B1Moredeserve
US /dɪˈzɚv/
UK /dɪ'zɜ:v/
- Transitive Verb
- To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
A2TOEICMoreenemy
US /ˈɛnəmi/
UK /ˈenəmi/
- Noun
- Something that stops you doing what you want
- Group, or people, you are opposed to
A2Moreenigma
US /ɪˈnɪɡmə/
UK /ɪˈnɪgmə/
- Noun
- Person or thing that is hard to understand
C1TOEICMoreexpose
US /ɪkˈspoʊz/
UK /ɪk'spəʊz/
- Transitive Verb
- To make visible, without covering or protection
- To allow light through a cameras lens onto film
A2TOEICMoreextraordinary
US /ɪkˈstrɔ:rdəneri/
UK /ɪkˈstrɔ:dnri/
- Adjective
- Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
- Additional to or different from what is usual or regular.
B1TOEICMorefrequently
US /ˈfrikwəntlɪ/
UK /ˈfri:kwəntli/
- Adverb
- Often; regularly
- Repeatedly or many times.
A2TOEICMoregender
US /ˈdʒɛndɚ/
UK /'dʒendə(r)/
- Noun
- State of being male or female
- The socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of people.
- Transitive Verb
- To assign a gender to; to consider something in terms of gender.
B1Moregunner
US / ˈɡʌnɚ/
UK /'ɡʌnə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Serviceman in the artillery who operates a gun
C2Morein under
US
UK
- Preposition
- Located inside and beneath something.
- Covered or concealed by something.
A1Moreintercept
US /ˌɪntərˈsept/
UK /ˌɪntəˈsept/
- Transitive Verb
- To stop or catch something while it is moving
B2Moreiris
US
UK
- Noun
- Round colored part of an eye
- Tall flowering plant with long pointed leaves
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
B2Moreknow about
US /noʊ əˈbaʊt/
UK /nəʊ əˈbaut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
liberate
US /ˈlɪbəˌret/
UK /'lɪbəreɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To free someone or something that was captured
B2Moreload
US /lod/
UK /ləʊd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
- A burden; heavy responsibility
- Transitive Verb
- To put in items for use (e.g. bullets in a gun)
A2TOEICMoremale
US /ˈmel/
UK /meɪl/
- Adjective
- Characteristic of boys or men
- Noun
- A member of the sex that fertilizes eggs
A2Moremilitary
US /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri/
UK /'mɪlətrɪ/
- Noun
- Army or armed forces
- Adjective
- Concerning the army or navy
B1Morenexus
US /ˈnɛksəs/
UK /ˈneksəs/
- Noun
- Link or connection between things or groups
B2TOEICMoreoperation
US /ˌɑpəˈreʃən/
UK /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Business or company, or its activities
- Functioning; use
A2TOEICMoreoutfit
US /ˈaʊtˌfɪt/
UK /'aʊtfɪt/
- Noun
- A set of clothing (with accessories)
- Transitive Verb
- To provide with clothing and other things
B2Moreoutnumber
US /aʊtˈnʌmbɚ/
UK /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To be larger than something in number
B2Morepack on
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To gain weight.
- To apply something heavily or excessively.
A2Moreplot
US /plɑt/
UK /plɒt/
- Countable Noun
- Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
- Series of events that form the main story
- Transitive Verb
- To mark a path, etc. on a map, using lines or dots
- To devise or develop a dramatic storyline
B1Morepregnant
US /ˈprɛɡnənt/
UK /ˈpregnənt/
- Adjective
- Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- Full of meaning or significance; suggestive.
B1Moreradar
US /ˈredɑr/
UK /ˈreɪdɑ:(r)/
- Noun
- Radio device used to find the location of objects
B2Morerecognition
US /ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
UK /ˌrekəgˈnɪʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Accepting that something is true or that it exists
- Considering something as important or special
B1TOEICMorerigid
US /ˈrɪdʒɪd/
UK /ˈrɪdʒɪd/
- Adjective
- Stiff rather than flexible
- Very fixed in your opinion or habits
B1Morerole
US /rol/
UK /rəʊl/
- Noun
- Character played by an actor
- Part you play in an activity; job; responsibility
A2Moreshout
US /ʃaʊt/
UK /ʃaʊt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To speak very loudly to get attention
- Noun
- Speaking loudly so you get attention
A2Moreslit
US /slɪt/
UK /slɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make a narrow cut
B2Moretin
US /tɪn/
UK /tɪn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Metal container used for storing e.g. food
- Metal that cans are often made from
A2Moreunit
US /ˈjunɪt/
UK /ˈju:nɪt/
- Countable Noun
- One apartment in a building
- Group of people, e.g. soldiers, that work together
B2TOEICMoreused to
US /juzd tu/
UK /ˈju:st tə/
- Adjective
- Did regularly before, but don't do now
- Auxiliary Verb
- Have done before, but do not do now
A1Morevital
US /'vaɪtl/
UK /'vaɪtl/
- Adjective
- Needed to support life; essential
- Full of life; energetic
B1TOEICMorewar
US /wɔr/
UK /wɔ:(r)/
- Noun
- Situation where armies fight each other
A2Moreworkload
US /ˈwɜ:rkloʊd/
UK /ˈwɜ:kləʊd/
- Uncountable Noun
- Work you are expected to do in a specified time
C1Moreyield
US /jild/
UK /ji:ld/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To bend or break because of a strong force
- To give way to someone or something else
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Amount of crops grown
- Amount of profit you make
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- in under: Located inside and beneath something.
- pack on: To gain weight.
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- check out
- crucial: Extremely important or necessary
- extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
- vital: Needed to support life; essential
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
- military: Army or armed forces
- outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
- recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
- rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
- ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
- gender: State of being male or female
- bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
- yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
- defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
- dedication: Addressing book, song to someone to show respect
- frequently: Often; regularly
- role: Character played by an actor
- expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
- enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
- operation: Business or company, or its activities
- load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- auxiliary: Helping or supporting a function or group
- brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
- award: To give a prize for doing something well
- intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
- part: Division of a book
- airborne: Being in the air
- burn: To destroy with fire
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
- post: To send a letter or package using stamps
- shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
- clerk: Person who works in a store or bank
- unit: One apartment in a building
- slit: To make a narrow cut
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- amphibious: Operating or living on land and in water
- long: Person's name
- tin: Metal container used for storing e.g. food
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- enigma: Person or thing that is hard to understand
- radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
- workload: Work you are expected to do in a specified time
- war: Situation where armies fight each other
- male: Characteristic of boys or men
- outnumber: To be larger than something in number
- iris: Round colored part of an eye
- nexus: Link or connection between things or groups
- combatant: Person in a fight or war
- gunner: Serviceman in the artillery who operates a gun
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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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