abandon
US /əˈbændən/
UK /ə'bændən/
- Transitive Verb
- To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
- To withdraw your support, or leave someone
- Uncountable Noun
- Wild, carefree behavior
B1Moreamend
US /əˈmɛnd/
UK /ə'mend/
- Transitive Verb
- To change, fix or improve e.g. document
B1TOEICMoreanew
US /əˈnu:/
UK /əˈnju:/
- Adverb
- Doing something again or in a different way
B2Moreaware
US /əˈwɛr/
UK /əˈwɛə/
- Adjective
- Knowing or feeling that something exists
A2TOEICMorebeware
US /bɪˈwer/
UK /bɪˈweə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be careful, used in warning someone
B1Morebind
US /baɪnd/
UK /baɪnd/
- Transitive Verb
- To cover a wound, as with a bandage
- To put pages and a cover together to create a book
A2Moreblack sheep
US
UK
- Noun
- A person who is different from the rest of their family or group and who is considered a disgrace.
A1Moreblood
US /blʌd/
UK /blʌd/
- Uncountable Noun
- Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- Related by birth; family
- Transitive Verb
- To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club
A2Moreburn in
US /bɝn ɪn/
UK /bɜ:n in/
- other
- To cause a permanent ghost image on a screen by displaying a static image.
B2Morecollect
US /kəˈlɛkt/
UK /kəˈlekt/
- Adverb
- By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
- Transitive Verb
- To ask for money, e.g. for a charity
- To gather things, people together in one place
A2Morecriminal
US /ˈkrɪmənəl/
UK /ˈkrɪmɪnl/
- Adjective
- Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
- Not justifiable; shameful
- Noun
- Person who commits a crime
A2Moredebt
US /dɛt/
UK /det/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- A moral or social obligation.
A2TOEICMoredeceit
US /dɪˈsit/
UK /dɪˈsi:t/
- Uncountable Noun
- Deliberately lying to someone to trick them
C1Moredepend
US /dɪˈpend/
UK /dɪˈpend/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- To rely on someone or something for support, help, or existence.
B1TOEICMoreditch
US /dɪtʃ/
UK /dɪtʃ/
- Transitive Verb
- To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
- To land an airplane in water due to an emergency
- Countable Noun
- Long, shallow hole used for drainage or irrigation
B1Morefilthy
US /ˈfɪlθi/
UK /'fɪlθɪ/
- Adjective
- Being very rude (about sex, bodily functions)
- (E.g. of a joke) being extremely rude or impolite
B2Morehell
US /hɛl/
UK /hel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Any place of pain and suffering
- A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
A2Morehuge
US /hjudʒ/
UK /hju:dʒ/
- Adjective
- Very very large
A2Morein hell
US
UK
- Phrase
- In a very bad or unpleasant situation
- In the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death
B2Moreinfect
US /ɪnˈfɛkt/
UK /ɪn'fekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To introduce a computer virus to
- To give a disease, bacteria or virus to
B1Morejustify
US /ˈdʒʌstəˌfaɪ/
UK /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To give good reasons for something
B1TOEICMorekarma
US /'kɑ:rmə/
UK /'kɑ:mə/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) force affecting future lives
C1Morekid
US /kɪd/
UK /kɪd/
- Countable Noun
- Child or young person
- Young goat
- Adjective
- Made from young goat skin
A2Morelethal
US /ˈliθəl/
UK /'li:θl/
- Adjective
- Causing or able to cause death
B2Morelonely
US /ˈloʊnli/
UK /ˈləʊnli/
- Adjective
- Sad because apart from other people
- Being far away and rarely visited by people
B2Moremark
US /mɑrk/
UK /mɑ:k/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Transitive Verb
- To put a dirty spot or line on something
- To give a grade for homework
A2TOEICMorementality
US /mɛnˈtælɪti/
UK /menˈtæləti/
- Noun
- Attitude toward, or a belief about something
A2Moremortal
US /ˈmɔrtl/
UK /ˈmɔ:təl/
- Adjective
- Destined to die; causing death
- Noun
- People who will die
B1Morenimble
US /ˈnɪmbəl/
UK /ˈnɪmbl/
- Adjective
- Being able to move quickly and easily
C1Moreoffensive
US /əˈfɛnsɪv/
UK /əˈfensɪv/
- Adjective
- Causing displeasure or anger
- Attacking or intended to attack
- Noun
- A military attack
B1TOEICMorepetty
US /ˈpɛti/
UK /ˈpeti/
- Adjective
- Small and unimportant; small-minded
B2Moreplate
US /plet/
UK /pleɪt/
- Countable Noun
- Flat dish used for eating or serving food
- Smooth, thin piece of metal applied in a layer
- Transitive Verb
- To put a layer of metal on something to protect it
A2TOEICMoreprey
US /pre/
UK /preɪ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The victim of another person's aggression
- The victim of another person's aggression
B1Moresecond nature
US /ˈsɛkənd ˈnetʃɚ/
UK /ˈsekənd ˈneitʃə/
- Noun
- A behavior that has become automatic or habitual.
A2Moresheep
US /ʃip/
UK /ʃi:p/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- Noun
- Person who behaves as others do, without thinking
B1Moresink
US /sɪŋk/
UK /sɪŋk/
- Transitive Verb
- To push something down into the ground
- To dig (a well)
- Countable Noun
- Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
A2TOEICMoresink your teeth into
US /sɪŋk jʊɚ tiθ ˈɪntu/
UK /sɪŋk jʊə ti:θ ˈɪntə/
- other
- To become very involved or interested in something with enthusiasm.
B2Moreskeptical
US /'skeptɪkəl/
UK /'skeptɪkəl/
- Adjective
- Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
C2Moreslick
US /slɪk/
UK /slɪk/
- Adjective
- Confident; effortlessly effective
- Thin layer of oil
- Transitive Verb
- To make (e.g. the hair) sleek or smooth
B2Moresmell
US /smɛl/
UK /smel/
- Intransitive Verb
- To have a particular odor
- Transitive Verb
- To sense that something is not right
- To notice a particular odor
A2Moresoul
US /sol/
UK /səʊl/
- Noun
- Central or basic part of something
- Strong, deep emotion in speech or performance
A2Morestalk
US /stɔk/
UK /stɔ:k/
- Countable Noun
- Thin part of a plant that allows it to stand
- Transitive Verb
- To secretly follow or watch a person/animal
B1Morewicked
US /ˈwɪkɪd/
UK /'wɪkɪd/
- Adjective
- Morally bad; evil
- Excellent
B1Morewolf
US /wʊlf/
UK /wʊlf/
- Countable Noun
- A dog-like wild animal
- Man who tries to seduce women
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To eat food very quickly
B1More
Vocabulary
- second nature: A behavior that has become automatic or habitual.
- black sheep: A person who is different from the rest of their family or group and who is considered a disgrace.
- sink your teeth into: To become very involved or interested in something with enthusiasm.
- burn in: To cause a permanent ghost image on a screen by displaying a static image.
- in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
- lethal: Causing or able to cause death
- debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
- huge: Very very large
- ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
- mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
- filthy: Being very rude (about sex, bodily functions)
- sink: To push something down into the ground
- abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
- offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- wicked: Morally bad; evil
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- justify: To give good reasons for something
- stalk: Thin part of a plant that allows it to stand
- petty: Small and unimportant; small-minded
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- piece: A counter in a board game
- plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- karma: (Hinduism, Buddhism) force affecting future lives
- mortal: Destined to die; causing death
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- criminal: Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
- collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
- slick: Confident; effortlessly effective
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- burn: To destroy with fire
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- nimble: Being able to move quickly and easily
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- infect: To introduce a computer virus to
- amend: To change, fix or improve e.g. document
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- smell: To have a particular odor
- kid: Child or young person
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- deceit: Deliberately lying to someone to trick them
- mark: Person's name
- anew: Doing something again or in a different way
- beware: To be careful, used in warning someone
- wolf: A dog-like wild animal
- sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
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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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