aware
US /əˈwɛr/
UK /əˈwɛə/
- Adjective
- Knowing or feeling that something exists
A2TOEICMorefalling apart
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To suffer a nervous breakdown
- To break into pieces; stop functioning
A1Morehell
US /hɛl/
UK /hel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Any place of pain and suffering
- A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
A2Morelose control
US
UK
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
pressure
US /ˈprɛʃɚ/
UK /'preʃə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- Force, weight when pressing against a thing
- Transitive Verb
- To apply force to something
- To persuade or force someone to do something
A2TOEICMoreput under
US /pʊt ˈʌndɚ/
UK /put ˈʌndə/
- Phrasal Verb
- To administer an anaesthetic to someone.
- To bring someone or something under one's control or authority.
A1Moreright in front
US
UK
- Phrase
- Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
- In a position where something is easily visible or obvious.
A2Moresurface
US /ˈsɚfəs/
UK /'sɜ:fɪs/
- Transitive Verb
- To give (road) a top layer
- Intransitive Verb
- To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
- To come to the top of something; emerge
A2TOEICMoreunder the surface
US /ˈʌndɚ ðə ˈsɜrfɪs/
UK /ˈʌndə ðə ˈsɜ:fis/
- other
- Not obvious or apparent; existing out of sight.
B2Morewaste
US /west/
UK /weɪst/
- Transitive Verb
- To kill or severely harm someone
- To use valuable things ineffectively
- Uncountable Noun
- Materials left over after a process has finished
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- under the surface: Not obvious or apparent; existing out of sight.
- put under: To administer an anaesthetic to someone.
- lose control: To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
- falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
- right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
- thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
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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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