backup
US /ˈbækˌʌp/
UK /ˈbækʌp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Making additional copies of your computer data
A2TOEICMoreboom
US /bum/
UK /bu:m/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Very fast increase in growth or popularity
- A very loud and deep sound
- Intransitive Verb
- To experience a rapid increase in growth
- To make a very loud and deep sound
B1Morebummer
US /ˈbʌmɚ/
UK /ˈbʌmə(r)/
- Noun
- Irritating or disappointing experience
C2Morebutton
US /ˈbʌtn/
UK /'bʌtn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- Switch activated by pressing
- Transitive Verb
- To fasten e.g. a shirt, coat
- To suppress or restrain (feelings, etc.).
A2TOEICMoreclay
US /kle/
UK /kleɪ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
B1Morecolonel
US /ˈkɜ:rnl/
UK /ˈkɜ:nl/
- Noun
- Person with senior rank in an army or air force
B1Moredamn
US /dæm/
UK /dæm/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
- To threaten with everlasting punishment
- Interjection
- A mild swear word used to express annoyance
B2Moreinitiate
US /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
UK /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause something to begin
- To allow someone into a group by a special ceremony
- Noun
- A person who has been initiated into an organization or activity.
A2TOEICMoremax
US /mæks/
UK /mæks/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Noun
- Short for 'maximum'
A2Morepressure
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
A2TOEICMorereception
US /rɪˈsɛpʃən/
UK /rɪˈsepʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Front desk area of an organization or building
- Party occurring after an event it celebrates
B1TOEICMorerelease
US /rɪ'li:s/
UK /rɪ'li:s/
- Transitive Verb
- To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
- Noun
- Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
- Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
A2TOEICMoreremote
US /rɪˈmot/
UK /rɪ'məʊt/
- Adjective
- Being far away from people, towns, etc.
- (Of a possibility) being small or not likely
- Noun
- Radio device designed to operate TV, etc.
A2TOEICMorerendezvous
US /ˈrɑndeˌvu, -də-/
UK /'rɒndɪvu:/
- Noun
- An arranged meeting with someone (often a secret)
- A place designated for a meeting.
- Intransitive Verb
- To meet at an agreed time and place.
C1Morerescue
US /ˈrɛskju/
UK /'reskju:/
- Transitive Verb
- To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
- To provide financial assistance to save a company or economy from collapse.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of saving someone in danger or in trouble
- An act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
A2TOEICMoreshare
US /ʃɛr/
UK /ʃeə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- Part of a company you own, shown by a certificate
- Transitive Verb
- To divide something between two or more people
- To allow others to use your things equally
A2TOEICMoreshoot
US /ʃut/
UK /ʃu:t/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- Countable Noun
- Emerging new part of a plant
A2Moretrigger
US /ˈtrɪɡɚ/
UK /'trɪɡə(r)/
- Noun
- Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- Device that starts a process
- Transitive Verb
- To start a process off e.g. a memory
- To cause something to begin or happen.
B1More
Vocabulary
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- initiate: To cause something to begin
- rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
- damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
- crappy: Impolite term for not good, worthless
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- reception: Front desk area of an organization or building
- boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
- clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- bummer: Irritating or disappointing experience
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
- live: To be alive
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- rendezvous: An arranged meeting with someone (often a secret)
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- backup: Making additional copies of your computer data
- watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
- colonel: Person with senior rank in an army or air force
- bad: Not good; wrong
- max: Person's name
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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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The Losers (2010) - Stop the Terrorist or The Bomb? | Movieclips
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/11/12Get ready for some high-tension action as you watch a dramatic rescue unfold against a ticking bomb! This clip is perfect for practicing situational dialogue and picking up simple sentence structures used in fast-paced, real-world conversations. You'll love the suspense and learn some great phrases along the way!
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