advance
US /ædˈvæns/
UK /əd'vɑ:ns/
- Noun
- Forward movement by an army
- An attempt to seduce someone
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- (Of an army) to move forward
- To change or improve
A2TOEICMoreautomate
US /ˈɔtəˌmet/
UK /'ɔ:təmeɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make automatic by using machines
B2TOEICMoreavoid
US /əˈvɔɪd/
UK /ə'vɔɪd/
- Transitive Verb
- To prevent from happening
- To stay away from
A2TOEICMorebottom
US /ˈbɑtəm/
UK /'bɒtəm/
- Noun
- The part of your body you sit on
- Lowest position, often in a company or contest
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To hit the lowest part of something
- To provide with a bottom.
A2TOEICMorebrief
US /brif/
UK /bri:f/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Information and instructions given for a meeting
- A concise summary or abstract.
- Transitive Verb
- To give information/instructions before a meeting
A2TOEICMorecapture
US /ˈkæptʃɚ/
UK /'kæptʃə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- To record, tape, or film something
- Noun
- The act of seizing or taking control of something.
B1Moreclassify
US /ˈklæsəˌfaɪ/
UK /'klæsɪfaɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To arrange things into groups of similar items
- To keep some information secret from the public
B2Morecollaborate
US /kəˈlæbəˌret/
UK /kəˈlæbəreɪt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To cooperate with or help an enemy
- To work together to complete a task
B1Morecommunicate
US /kəˈmjunɪˌket/
UK /kə'mju:nɪkeɪt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To give and exchange information
- To convey or make known (information, feelings, etc.)
A2Morecommunication
US /kəˌmjunɪˈkeʃən/
UK /kəˌmju:nɪ'keɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Talking to people; giving information to people
- The process of conveying information, ideas, or feelings through language or other means.
A2Morecompetency
US /ˈkɑ:mpɪtənsi/
UK /ˈkɒmpɪtənsi/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
- The legal capacity to perform a specific act.
B2Moreconserve
US /kənˈsɜ:rv/
UK /kənˈsɜ:v/
- Transitive Verb
- To save or protect something
- To keep or put in reserve
- Uncountable Noun
- The act of conserving something, especially a natural resource.
B1Moreconvert
US /kənˈvɚt/
UK /kən'vɜ:t/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
- To change form, character, or function to another
- Countable Noun
- Person switching from one belief system to another
A2Moreconvey
US /kənˈve/
UK /kən'veɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To carry or transport something
- To make aware or tell others information
B1Morecore
US /kɔr, kor/
UK /kɔ:(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To take out the central section of a fruit
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Important central part of something
- The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
A2Morecrafty
US /ˈkræfti/
UK /'krɑ:ftɪ/
- Adjective
- Being cunning to get others to do what you want
C1Morecreative
US /kriˈetɪv/
UK /krɪ'eɪtɪv/
- Adjective
- Having the ability to make something new
- Having the ability to create; imaginative and original.
- Noun
- A person whose job involves creative work.
A2Moredeploy
US /dɪˈplɔɪ/
UK /dɪˈplɔɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To put into position (often a military operation)
- To put something into use or action.
B1TOEICMoreearn
US /ɜ:rn/
UK /ɜ:n/
- Transitive Verb
- To deserve something because you worked for it
- To get money for work
A2TOEICMorefinancial
US /faɪˈnænʃ(ə)l/
UK /faɪˈnænʃl/
- Adjective
- Involving money
- Relating to investments.
- Countable Noun
- A person who provides advice on financial matters.
A2TOEICMoregenerate
US /ˈdʒɛnəˌret/
UK /ˈdʒenəreɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To create or be produced or bring into existence
- To create electricity, heat, energy and power
A2TOEICMorehalt
US /hɔlt/
UK /hɔ:lt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
- Noun
- A temporary or final stop.
B1TOEICMoreimpression
US /ɪmˈprɛʃən/
UK /ɪmˈpreʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
- Act of pressing into a material to make a pattern
B1TOEICMoreinstruct
US /ɪnˈstrʌkt/
UK /ɪn'strʌkt/
- Transitive Verb
- To command someone formally to do something
- To explain, tell or teach others about something
A2TOEICMoreleadership
US /ˈli:dərʃɪp/
UK /ˈli:dəʃɪp/
- Uncountable Noun
- Quality of being able to guide or influence others
B1Morelingo
US /ˈlɪŋgoʊ/
UK /ˈlɪŋgəʊ/
- Noun
- Language or dialect
C1Moreneedle
US /ˈnidl/
UK /'ni:dl/
- Countable Noun
- Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
- Very thin pointed object used in sewing
- Transitive Verb
- To upset someone by making rude or hurtful remarks
- To prick or pierce with a needle.
B1Moreoutside of
US /aʊtˈsaɪd ʌv/
UK /ˌautˈsaid ɔv/
- Preposition
- Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- Beyond the scope, range, or limits of something.
A1Morepay off
US /pe ɔf/
UK /pei ɔf/
- Phrasal Verb
- To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- To give money to settle a debt
- Transitive Verb
- To bribe someone.
- To pay a debt in full.
A1Morespeak to
US /spik tu/
UK /spi:k tu:/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To address or communicate with someone.
- To indicate or suggest something; to be relevant to.
A1Moresubscribe
US /səbˈskraɪb/
UK /səb'skraɪb/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To regularly pay to receive a service
B1TOEICMorethe bottom line
US /ði ˈbɑtəm laɪn/
UK /ðə ˈbɔtəm lain/
- Noun
- The most important thing; the essential point.
- The net income or profit of a company.
A2Moretopic
US /ˈtɑpɪk/
UK /'tɒpɪk/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Subject or issue people talk or write about
A2TOEICMoretrust
US /trʌst/
UK /trʌst/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To expect confidently
- To have confidence or faith
- Uncountable Noun
- Wealth or property held by one person for another
- The belief that someone is honest
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- brief: Information and instructions given for a meeting
- financial: Involving money
- convey: To carry or transport something
- impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- advance: Forward movement by an army
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
- topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
- convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
- communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- creative: Having the ability to make something new
- conserve: To save or protect something
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- business: A company formed for making profit
- trust: To expect confidently
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
- instruct: To command someone formally to do something
- earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
- classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- automate: To make automatic by using machines
- competency: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
- leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- crafty: Being cunning to get others to do what you want
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- lingo: Language or dialect
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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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