smart
US /smɑ:rt/
UK /smɑ:t/
- Adjective
- Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- Looking clean, neat and stylish
- Intransitive Verb
- To feel hurt or upset
- To hurt with an unexpected sharp or burning pain
A2TOEICMoresmog
US /smɑɡ, smɔɡ/
UK /smɒɡ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Fog that is combined with other harmful gases
B2Moresmoke
US /smoʊk/
UK /sməʊk/
- Intransitive Verb
- To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- Uncountable Noun
- Grey gas from fires and cigarettes
- Fog of air coming from e.g. a cigarette, fire
B1Moresmooth
US /smuð/
UK /smu:ð/
- Adjective
- Moving without stops and starts
- Pleasant and flat to touch, not rough
- Transitive Verb
- To make something rough feel flat, e.g. by ironing
- To spread a substance over a surface
A2Moresmother
US /ˈsmʌðɚ/
UK /'smʌðə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To cover something or someone completely
- To conceal bad news to stop others knowing
B2Moresmudge
US /smʌdʒ/
UK /smʌdʒ/
- Noun
- Dirty mark, spot, or streak
- Transitive Verb
- To make a dirty mark, spot, or streak
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Vocabulary
- smooth: Moving without stops and starts
- smudge: Dirty mark, spot, or streak
- smog: Fog that is combined with other harmful gases
- smother: To cover something or someone completely
- small: Little in size; not big
- smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- smile: To put up the corners of mouth to show happiness
- smith: Someone who works hot metal to make things
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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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