access
US /ˈæksɛs/
UK /'ækses/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- The opportunity or right to use something or to see someone.
- Transitive Verb
- To be able to use or have permission to use
A2TOEICMoreafford
US /əˈfɔrd, əˈford/
UK /ə'fɔ:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To make available, to provide
- To have enough money to pay for something
A2TOEICMorearound the world
US /əˈraʊnd ði wɜrld/
UK /əˈraund ðə wɜː(r)ld/
- Phrase
- In or to many countries.
- In various places throughout the world.
A2Morebase
US /bes/
UK /beɪs/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
- Transitive Verb
- To use as the starting point or origin for
- To have as the main location for (company, etc.)
A2TOEICMorebased on
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- Preposition
- Using something as the main idea or foundation.
- Relying on something as evidence or justification.
A1Morebiological
US /ˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/
UK /ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkl/
- Adjective
- Being related to life and living things
- A substance, such as a detergent, that contains enzymes.
B1Moreconversation
US /ˌkɑnvɚˈseʃən/
UK /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- General communication or interaction.
A2Morecourt
US /kɔrt, kort/
UK /kɔ:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
- To encourage dangerous behavior
- Noun
- Place king or queen meet people, makes laws etc.
- Place where legal cases are decided
A2TOEICMorediscrimination
US /dɪˌskrɪməˈneʃən/
UK /dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Ability to recognize the difference between things
- Treating people unfairly due to race, age etc.
B1Morefunction
US /ˈfʌŋkʃən/
UK /'fʌŋkʃn/
- Noun
- Social event, or party such as a wedding
- Mathematical operation used in calculations
- Intransitive Verb
- To serve a certain purpose or role
- To be operating, working or achieving its purpose
A2TOEICMoregender
US /ˈdʒɛndɚ/
UK /'dʒendə(r)/
- Noun
- State of being male or female
- The socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of people.
- Transitive Verb
- To assign a gender to; to consider something in terms of gender.
B1Moreget behind
US /ɡɛt bɪˈhaɪnd/
UK /ɡet biˈhaind/
- Phrasal Verb
- To support or encourage.
- To fail to make enough progress or to do something by a particular time.
go away
US /ɡo əˈwe/
UK /ɡəu əˈwei/
- Phrasal Verb
- To go on vacation
- To leave; depart.
A1Morehygiene
US /ˈhaɪˌdʒin/
UK /ˈhaɪdʒi:n/
- Uncountable Noun
- Cleanliness; being clean
- Practices for maintaining personal cleanliness.
B2Moreissue
US /ˈɪʃu/
UK /'ɪʃu:/
- Transitive Verb
- To make something available to be used or sold
- To deliver a statement, etc. in an official manner
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Important topic discussed, debated or argued over
- Single edition of a magazine
A2TOEICMorelawyer
US /ˈlɔjɚ/
UK /ˈlɔ:jə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Professional who helps people with the law
- A person who advises on legal matters and can act on their behalf.
B1TOEICMoreluxury
US /ˈlʌɡʒəri, ˈlʌkʃə-/
UK /ˈlʌkʃəri/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something expensive bought for pleasure
- Something that gives great comfort and pleasure
- Adjective
- Very comfortable and expensive.
A2Morepetition
US /pəˈtɪʃən/
UK /pə'tɪʃn/
- Noun
- Request to an authority to change something
- Transitive Verb
- To request an authority to make a change
B1Morepoverty
US /ˈpɑvəti/
UK /ˈpɔvəti/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of being poor
- Lack of something necessary
B1Morepressure
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
A2TOEICMoreprivilege
US /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ, ˈprɪvlɪdʒ/
UK /'prɪvəlɪdʒ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Advantage or right given to only certain people
- An opportunity to do something special or enjoyable.
- Transitive Verb
- To give advantages to some people not others
B1TOEICMoreproper
US /ˈprɑpɚ/
UK /'prɒpə(r)/
- Adjective
- Correct according to social or moral rules
- Behaving in a polite and socially acceptable way.
A2TOEICMorerat
US /ræt/
UK /ræt/
- Countable Noun
- Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
- Person who is not loyal and reveals secrets
B1Morerather than
US
UK
- Adverb
- More exactly; more correctly
- Preferably; instead
- Preposition
- Instead of
A1Moresanitary
US /ˈsænɪˌtɛri/
UK /ˈsænətri/
- Adjective
- Designed to keep things clean to prevent disease
C1TOEICMorescrap
US /skræp/
UK /skræp/
- Intransitive Verb
- To fight with someone
- Noun
- A fight with someone
- Small piece of something especially paper or cloth
B1Moreshame
US /ʃem/
UK /ʃeɪm/
- Uncountable Noun
- Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- Transitive Verb
- To make someone feel ashamed
A2Morestigma
US /ˈstɪɡmə/
UK /'stɪɡmə/
- Noun
- Mark of shame or disgrace
B2TOEICMorestruggle
US /ˈstrʌɡəl/
UK /'strʌɡl/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To try very hard to do something difficult
- To fight or struggle violently
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Strong efforts made to do something difficult
- A difficult or challenging situation or task
A2Moresurround
US /səˈraʊnd/
UK /səˈraʊnd/
- Transitive Verb
- To be all the way around something
- To be closely connected to and have an effect on
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be closely connected to and have an effect on
A2Moretax
US /tæks/
UK /tæks/
- Transitive Verb
- To require a lot of physical or mental effort
- (Government) to take money from a country's people
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Money taken by a government from its people
- A heavy demand or burden.
A2TOEICMoretreatment
US /ˈtritmənt/
UK /ˈtri:tmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- Way someone acts toward another
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- get behind: To support or encourage.
- go away: To go on vacation
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- poverty: State of being poor
- hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
- stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- afford: To make available, to provide
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
- discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
- equal: Same in shape, size, or number
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- gender: State of being male or female
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
- biological: Being related to life and living things
- petition: Request to an authority to change something
- scrap: To fight with someone
- public: Owned by the government
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- surround: To be all the way around something
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- income: Earned money from work, investments or business
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- sanitary: Designed to keep things clean to prevent disease
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
- rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
- lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
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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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