administration
US / ædˌmɪnɪˈstreʃən/
UK /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
- The work of running something, e.g. a business
B1TOEICMoreasylum
US /əˈsaɪləm/
UK /ə'saɪləm/
- Uncountable Noun
- Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
- Countable Noun
- A hospital for mentally ill people
B2Moredrug
US /drʌɡ/
UK /drʌɡ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
- Chemical used as a medicine
- Transitive Verb
- To give drugs to someone to make them sleep
A2Morehistory
US /ˈhɪstəri/
UK /'hɪstrɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Established pattern or record
- Study of past events as an academic subject
A2Morelimit
US /ˈlɪmɪt/
UK /'lɪmɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Point beyond which it is not possible to go
- A line or edge marking the boundary of an area.
- Transitive Verb
- To stop or prevent an increase past a point
A2TOEICMoremigration
US /maɪˈɡreʃən/
UK /maɪˈgreɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Process of moving to live in another place
- Movement from one part of something to another.
B1Morepause
US /pɔz/
UK /pɔ:z/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To stop doing for a while before continuing
- To temporarily interrupt the execution of a program or process.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A temporary break before continuing
- Function on a device to stop and restart it
A2Morepresident
US /ˈprɛzɪdənt,-ˌdɛnt/
UK /ˈprezɪdənt/
- Noun
- Person in charge of a country, or organization
- The highest-ranking executive in a corporation or organization.
A2TOEICMorereverse
US /rɪˈvɚs/
UK /rɪ'vɜ:s/
- Noun
- Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- Instance of a significant change, for the worse
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To drive a vehicle backward
- To change to an opposite state, way or condition
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Vocabulary
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
- asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
- migration: Process of moving to live in another place
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- long: Person's name
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- history: Established pattern or record
- bad: Not good; wrong
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- big: Popular
- shouldn: Shouldn't
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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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Trump: some nations could see no US asylum for 'a long time' | REUTERS
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/12/01Ever wondered about the latest on US immigration policy? This clip dives into a press Q&A about asylum and border crackdowns, giving you a chance to practice understanding real-world dialogue and pick up key phrases like 'hardline rhetoric'!
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