archbishop
US /ɑrtʃˈbɪʃəp/
UK /ˌɑ:tʃˈbɪʃəp/
- Countable Noun
- (Catholic) bishop controlling churches in an area
B2Moreauthor
US /ˈɔθɚ/
UK /'ɔ:θə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- Transitive Verb
- To write book or articles
B1Morebanquet
US /ˈbæŋkwɪt/
UK /ˈbæŋkwɪt/
- Countable Noun
- Grand formal dinner
- Intransitive Verb
- To eat a grand formal dinner
B2TOEICMorebeg
US /bɛɡ/
UK /beg/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- (Dog) to sit up to ask for something
B1Morebetray
US /bɪˈtre/
UK /bɪ'treɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- To reveal something unintentionally.
B1Morebetrayal
US /bɪ'treɪəl/
UK /bɪ'treɪəl/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of giving knowledge or information to an enemy
B1Morecancel out
US /ˈkænsəl aʊt/
UK /ˈkænsəl aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To neutralize or negate the effect of something else.
- To cause something to no longer be valid or effective.
B1Morecannibalism
US /'kænɪbəlɪzəm/
UK /'kænɪbəlɪzəm/
- Uncountable Noun
- Practice of one human eating another
- The practice where an animal eats all or part of another animal of the same species.
C1Morecapable
US /ˈkepəbəl/
UK /'keɪpəbl/
- Adjective
- Being able to do something very well; proficient
- Having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing.
A2Morecause
US /kɔz/
UK /kɔ:z/
- Noun
- Belief, goal or organization that people support
- Reason for
- Transitive Verb
- To make something happen; create effect or result
A2Morecontrast
US /ˈkɑ:ntræst/
UK /'kɒntrɑ:st/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Comparison that shows obvious differences
- Difference in light and dark in photos, etc.
A2Morecount
US /kaʊnt/
UK /kaʊnt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To add things together to find the total number
- To matter or be important
- Countable Noun
- Number of things added together, e.g. votes
- With the number of crimes, knockouts, as stated
A2Morecourtesy
US /ˈkɜ:rtəsi/
UK /ˈkɜ:təsi/
- Uncountable Noun
- Polite and respectful behavior
B2Moredemon
US /ˈdimən/
UK /'di:mən/
- Noun
- Cruel wicked and inhuman person or spirit
B1Moreemerge
US /ɪˈmɚdʒ/
UK /ɪ'mɜ:dʒ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To rise or appear out of some background
- To become known or apparent.
A2TOEICMoreendure
US /ɛnˈdʊr, -ˈdjʊr/
UK /ɪn'djʊə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To last for a long time; continue to exist
- Transitive Verb
- To accept difficulties without struggle
B1TOEICMoreengage
US /ɪn'gedʒ/
UK /ɪn'ɡeɪdʒ/
- Transitive Verb
- To start to fight with an enemy
- To hire someone for a task or job
A2TOEICMoreevident
US /ˈɛvɪdənt/
UK /ˈevɪdənt/
- Adjective
- Clearly the case; plain; apparent
B1TOEICMorefate
US /fet/
UK /feɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- Power that determines what happens; destiny
B1Moregrief
US /ɡrif/
UK /ɡri:f/
- Uncountable Noun
- Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
- Things that are troublesome or annoying
B1Moreguilty
US /ˈɡɪlti/
UK /'ɡɪltɪ/
- Adjective
- Responsible for doing something wrong
- Feeling or showing guilt; having a sense of remorse.
A2TOEICMoreharsh
US /hɑrʃ/
UK /hɑ:ʃ/
- Adjective
- Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
- Being severe and unkind
B1Morehell
US /hɛl/
UK /hel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Any place of pain and suffering
- A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
A2Morehorror
US /ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑr-/
UK /ˈhɒrə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
B1Morehunger
US /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/
UK /ˈhʌŋgə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Strong desire or need
- Need for food; a severe lack of food
- Intransitive Verb
- To feel hunger; to suffer from a lack of food.
B2Morein hell
US
UK
- Phrase
- In a very bad or unpleasant situation
- In the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death
B2Morein passing
US /ɪn ˈpæsɪŋ/
UK /ɪn ˈpɑ:sɪŋ/
- other
- Mentioned briefly or casually without focus.
B2Moreinferno
US /ɪnˈfə:no/
UK /ɪn'fɜ:nəʊ/
- Noun
- Large fire in a building or other place
C1TOEICMoreinnocent
US /ˈɪnəsənt/
UK /'ɪnəsnt/
- Adjective
- Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- (Accidentally being harmed) without deserving it
- Noun
- Person with little experience of the world
A2TOEICMorejustice
US /ˈdʒʌstɪs/
UK /'dʒʌstɪs/
- Uncountable Noun
- Quality of being fair, equal, or just
- Countable Noun
- Person in a court who judges criminal cases
A2Moreon earth
US /ɑn ɚθ/
UK /ɔn ə:θ/
- Phrase
- Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- Used to emphasize that something is not possible or will not happen.
A1Moreon to
US /ɑn tu/
UK /ɔn tu:/
- Preposition
- Toward something; forward
- Aware of someone's activities.
- Adjective
- Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
A1Morepossess
US /pəˈzɛs/
UK /pəˈzes/
- Transitive Verb
- To enter a person's mind or body as a spirit
- To have or own something
A2TOEICMoreremain
US /rɪˈmen/
UK /rɪˈmeɪn/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be left behind; to continue to exist
- To stay in a place when other people have gone
A2TOEICMorescrape
US /skrep/
UK /skreɪp/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
- To move roughly across the surface of something
- Noun
- Bad or unpleasant incident
- Sound of something moving roughly across a surface
B1Moresin
US /sɪn/
UK /sɪn/
- Noun
- Act that breaks a religious law
- Intransitive Verb
- To do something that breaks a religious law
B1Moresinner
US /ˈsɪnɚ/
UK /ˈsɪnə(r)/
- Noun
- One who sins; one breaking a religious law
B2Moresoul
US /sol/
UK /səʊl/
- Noun
- Central or basic part of something
- Strong, deep emotion in speech or performance
A2Morespirit
US /ˈspɪrɪt/
UK /'spɪrɪt/
- Noun
- Person's strong determination or attitude
- Unique qualities of person, place, or time
- Transitive Verb
- To take someone away as if by magic
A2Morestarve
US /stɑ:rv/
UK /stɑ:v/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- To need or desire very strongly
B1Moretraitor
US /ˈtretɚ/
UK /ˈtreɪtə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Person who betrays your country or someone's trust
B2Moretrap
US /træp/
UK /træp/
- Countable Noun
- Device used for catching animals
- Vehicle pulled by a single horse
- Transitive Verb
- To use a device to catch animals or people
- To hold, e.g. a nerve, so that it cannot move
A2Moreweep
US /wip/
UK /wi:p/
- Intransitive Verb
- To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
- Noun
- Small cry or shedding of tears
B1More
Vocabulary
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in passing: Mentioned briefly or casually without focus.
- cancel out: To neutralize or negate the effect of something else.
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
- capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
- grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
- innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- possess: To enter a person's mind or body as a spirit
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- courtesy: Polite and respectful behavior
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
- person: Man, woman or child
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- demon: Cruel wicked and inhuman person or spirit
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- betrayal: Act of giving knowledge or information to an enemy
- betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- sin: Act that breaks a religious law
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- banquet: Grand formal dinner
- evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
- weep: To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
- traitor: Person who betrays your country or someone's trust
- hunger: Strong desire or need
- cannibalism: Practice of one human eating another
- inferno: Large fire in a building or other place
- sinner: One who sins; one breaking a religious law
- archbishop: (Catholic) bishop controlling churches in an area
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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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Dante's Inferno | Canto 33 Summary & Analysis
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蔡炘諭 posted on 2025/10/19Dive into the chilling Canto 33 of Dante's Inferno and explore the harrowing tale of Count Ugolino! You'll not only get a fascinating summary and analysis of this tragic story of betrayal and cannibalism but also pick up advanced vocabulary and complex sentence structures that will boost your English skills.
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