around the bend
US /əˈraʊnd ði bɛnd/
UK /əˈraund ðə bend/
- Adjective
- Crazy; insane
- Phrase
- Not far away; nearby but out of sight
A2Morebet
US /bet/
UK /bet/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- Used to express certainty or confidence
- Countable Noun
- Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
A2Morehonest
US /ˈɑnɪst/
UK /ˈɒnɪst/
- Adjective
- Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
A2TOEICMorematch
US /mætʃ/
UK /mætʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To equal or be as good as something else
- To work well or look good with something else
- Noun
- Something that is equal to or the same as another
- Small stick you strike to light a fire candle etc.
A2TOEICMoreregret
US /rɪˈɡrɛt/
UK /rɪ'ɡret/
- Uncountable Noun
- Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To feel sorrow or guilt, as for what you didn't do
- Used to express apology or sadness.
B1Moretake it slow
US
UK
- Idiom
- To proceed at a relaxed and unhurried pace.
A1Moreway to go
US /we tu ɡo/
UK /wei tu: ɡəu/
- Interjection
- An expression of encouragement or approval.
- An expression of sarcasm after someone has made a mistake.
A1More
Vocabulary
- way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- take it slow: To proceed at a relaxed and unhurried pace.
- around the bend: Crazy; insane
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- date: To have become old-fashioned
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- scared: To become frightened
- true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
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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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