banana
US /bəˈnænə/
UK /bə'nɑ:nə/
- Countable Noun
- Long curved yellow fruit with a white center
A2Morecommercial
US /kəˈmɚʃəl/
UK /kəˈmə:ʃəl/
- Noun
- Radio or television advertisement
- Adjective
- A notice, picture, or film telling people about a product, job, or service.
- Designed for or primarily concerned with financial success.
B1Moredevastate
US /ˈdɛvəˌstet/
UK /'devəsteɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- To cause (someone) to feel extreme emotional pain.
B1Moredisease
US /dɪˈziz/
UK /dɪˈzi:z/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- A disorder of structure or function in a plant, especially one caused by a pathogen.
- Transitive Verb
- To affect with disease; to corrupt or sicken.
A2TOEICMorefungal
US /ˈfʌŋɡəl/
UK /ˈfʌŋgl/
- Adjective
- Concerning fungi
B2Moregrocery
US /'ɡroʊsərɪ/
UK /'ɡrəʊsərɪ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
- Countable Noun
- A store that sells food and household supplies.
B2TOEICMoreinfection
US /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/
UK /ɪnˈfekʃn/
- Noun
- (Computers) Having a computer virus
- Making or becoming sick with a bacteria/virus
A2Moremid
US /mɪd/
UK /mɪd/
- Adjective
- At (or near) the middle point
B2Morenowadays
US /ˈnaʊəˌdez/
UK /ˈnaʊədeɪz/
- Adverb
- At the present time; now
- Noun
- The current period of time; the present.
A2Moreoriginal
US /əˈrɪdʒənəl/
UK /ə'rɪdʒənl/
- Adjective
- Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
- Being unique or thinking differently from others
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A work of art, writing, or music that is not a copy.
- A person of fresh initiative or inventiveness.
A2TOEICMoreresistant
US /rɪˈzɪstənt/
UK /rɪˈzɪstənt/
- Adjective
- Not affected by something
- Being opposed to or wanting to prevent something
- Noun
- A person who resists authority or control.
A2Moreresult
US /rɪˈzʌlt/
UK /rɪ'zʌlt/
- Noun
- Something produced through tests or experiments
- Final score of a competition, election or game
- Intransitive Verb
- To be the outcome of other causes and effects
- To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
A2Morestore
US /stɔr, stor/
UK /stɔ:(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To put things in a place for later use
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place where things are kept for future use
- Place where you can go to buy things
A2TOEICMorevariety
US /vəˈraɪɪti/
UK /və'raɪətɪ/
- Noun
- Particular type of thing or person
- The quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity, sameness, or monotony.
A2TOEICMorewipe
US /waɪp/
UK /waɪp/
- Transitive Verb
- To clean or dry something with a cloth
- To spread a liquid on something
- Noun
- Act to clean or dry something with a cloth
A2Moreworldwide
US /ˈwɚldˈwaɪd/
UK /ˈwɜ:ldwaɪd/
- Adjective
- Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- Adverb
- Extending or reaching throughout the whole world.
B1More
Vocabulary
- grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- variety: Particular type of thing or person
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- commercial: Radio or television advertisement
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
- devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
- century: Period of 100 years
- wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- nowadays: At the present time; now
- resistant: Not affected by something
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
- fungal: Concerning fungi
- mid: At (or near) the middle point
- aka: AKA is an acronym for Also Known as
- big: Popular
- banana: Long curved yellow fruit with a white center
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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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Jay posted on 2025/09/24Did you know the bananas we eat today almost didn't exist? Dive into the fascinating history of the Gros Michel banana and discover why it was replaced by the Cavendish, learning about plant pathology and food history along the way! You'll pick up some great vocabulary related to history and science in this engaging explainer.
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