admire
US /ædˈmaɪr/
UK /əd'maɪə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To feel respect or wonder toward someone
A2Moreapproach
US /əˈprəʊtʃ/
UK /ə'prəʊtʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- To request someone to do something specific
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
- Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
A2TOEICMoreassess
US /əˈsɛs/
UK /əˈses/
- Transitive Verb
- To judge something's value or suitability
A2TOEICMoreconfuse
US /kənˈfjuz/
UK /kənˈfju:z/
- Transitive Verb
- To make something unclear or hard to understand
- To mistake one person or thing for another.
A2Moredevastation
US /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn/
UK /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of ruining or destroying something
- A feeling of being extremely shocked and sad.
B1Moredirect
US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/
UK /də'rekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- To show the way by conducting or leading
- Adverb
- Coming straight from something
A2TOEICMorego ahead
US /ɡo əˈhɛd/
UK /ɡəu əˈhed/
- Phrasal Verb
- To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- To give permission to do something
- Intransitive Verb
- To start or proceed with something
- To proceed despite potential obstacles or doubts.
A1Moregravely
US /ˈɡrevlɪ/
UK /ɡreɪvlɪ/
- Adverb
- In a serious and solemn manner
B2Morehit the road
US /hɪt ði rəʊd/
UK /hit ðə roʊd/
- Idiom
- To begin a journey; to leave.
- To begin a journey, especially a long one, by car or other vehicle.
- Intransitive Verb
- To leave a place.
- To travel.
A1Moremask
US /mæsk/
UK /mɑ:sk/
- Transitive Verb
- To hide something so that it cannot be seen
- To hide something so that it cannot be seen
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Covering to hide or disguise the face
- Way of pretending to behave that is not real
B1Moremayor
US /ˈmeɪər/
UK /meə(r)/
- Noun
- Head of a town or city government
B1TOEICMoremeow
US /miˈaʊ/
UK /mɪ'aʊ/
- Noun
- Cry like a cat
- Intransitive Verb
- To cry like a cat
C1Moreoverpay
US /ˌoʊvərˈpeɪ/
UK /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To pay too much for something
C2Moreriot
US /ˈraɪət/
UK /'raɪət/
- Noun
- Person, thing, or event that is extremely funny
- When there is a lot of something, e.g. color
- Intransitive Verb
- (Of a crowd) to protest and try to take control
B2Morescene
US /sin/
UK /si:n/
- Noun
- Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- View that looks like a picture
A2TOEICMorestuff
US /stʌf/
UK /stʌf/
- Uncountable Noun
- Generic description for things, materials, objects
- Transitive Verb
- To push material inside something, with force
B1Morethings change
US
UK
- Phrase
- Circumstances or situations do not remain constant; they evolve or transform over time.
- An acknowledgement of the need to adapt to new realities or developments.
A1Moretour
US /tʊr/
UK /tʊə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To travel to several places to perform a show
- To visit several places for pleasure
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A trip to several places to perform a show
- A journey to visit several places for pleasure
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- things change: Circumstances or situations do not remain constant; they evolve or transform over time.
- hit the road: To begin a journey; to leave.
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- private: Being away from others and quiet
- assess: To judge something's value or suitability
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- riot: Person, thing, or event that is extremely funny
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
- tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
- mayor: Head of a town or city government
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
- love: Person's name
- road: Long piece of hard land for cars to travel on
- gravely: In a serious and solemn manner
- home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- lady: Another way of saying 'woman'
- win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
- meow: Cry like a cat
- overpay: To pay too much for something
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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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