alien
US /ˈeliən,ˈeljən/
UK /'eɪlɪən/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Foreigner; a person not from this place
- Person or creature from a planet other than Earth
- Adjective
- Being foreign, different or unfamiliar
B1Moreavoid
US /əˈvɔɪd/
UK /ə'vɔɪd/
- Transitive Verb
- To prevent from happening
- To stay away from
A2TOEICMoreback then
US
UK
- Phrase
- At that time in the past.
A1Morebarn
US /bɑrn/
UK /bɑ:n/
- Countable Noun
- Building on a farm where animals or crops are kept
B1Moreblame
US /blem/
UK /bleɪm/
- Transitive Verb
- To say someone is responsible for something bad
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of saying someone did something bad
A2TOEICMoreceo
US
UK
- Abbreviation
- CEO for Chief Operating Officer
C2Morecharge
US /tʃɑrdʒ/
UK /tʃɑ:dʒ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An attack by running quickly toward someone
- A price for a service or goods
A2Morecome by
US /kʌm baɪ/
UK /kʌm bai/
- Phrasal Verb
- To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
- To visit someone
A1Morecreamy
US /ˈkrimi/
UK /'kri:mɪ/
- Adjective
- Resembling or containing cream
B1Moreduke
US /duk, djuk/
UK /dju:k/
- Noun
- Title given to a man below the rank of prince
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
B1Moreelevator
US /ˈɛləˌvetɚ/
UK /'elɪveɪtə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Machine that carries people between floors
- A building for storing grain, equipped with machinery for raising and distributing it.
B2TOEICMorefreshest
US
UK
- Adjective
- Being the most fresh
B1Morefurious
US /ˈfjʊriəs/
UK /ˈfjʊəriəs/
- Adjective
- Extremely angry
B1Morein charge
US /ɪn tʃɑrdʒ/
UK /in tʃɑ:dʒ/
- Adverb
- To be responsible for
A1Morekick
US /kɪk/
UK /kɪk/
- Noun
- Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- Transitive Verb
- To hit or move something with the foot
A2Morekid
US /kɪd/
UK /kɪd/
- Countable Noun
- Child or young person
- Young goat
- Adjective
- Made from young goat skin
A2Moremouse
US /maʊs/
UK /maʊs/
- Countable Noun
- Small animal that has fur and a long tail
- Noun
- Computer device to control movement on a screen
- Quiet, shy person
A2Moreof course
US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/
UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/
- Adverb
- Sure ; Certainly
- Phrase
- For sure; certainly
A2Moreout there
US /aʊt ðɛr/
UK /aut ðɛə/
- Adverb
- In or to a place that is far away
- Existing in the universe
- Adjective
- Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
- Existing or available.
A1Moreprocess
US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/
UK /prə'ses/
- Transitive Verb
- To organize and use data in a computer
- To deal with official forms in the way required
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Dealing with official forms in the way required
- Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
A2TOEICMorescrew
US /skru/
UK /skru:/
- Transitive Verb
- To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- To close something by turning it into place
- Countable Noun
- Long metal nail with a spiral thread
B1Moresheriff
US /ˈʃɛrɪf/
UK /ˈʃerɪf/
- Countable Noun
- Officer who enforces the law in an area
B2Moreshrunk
US /ʃrʌŋk/
UK /ʃrʌŋk/
- Intransitive Verb
- To become smaller
- To make or become smaller than it was before
B1Morestay away
US /ste əˈwe/
UK /stei əˈwei/
- Phrasal Verb
- To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- To remain absent from a place or event.
C2Moretap
US /tæp/
UK /tæp/
- Transitive Verb
- To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- To spy one someone electronically
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Faucet; the place you can get water from a pipe
- Light hit, generally one that makes a sound
A2Moretaste
US /test/
UK /teɪst/
- Uncountable Noun
- (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To experience something
- To experience the flavor of food, drink
A2TOEICMoretrade
US /treid/
UK /treɪd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- Action of buying and selling things in business
- Transitive Verb
- To buy, sell and exchange goods in business
- To give something in return for something else
A2TOEICMoretrouble
US /ˈtrʌbəl/
UK /ˈtrʌbl/
- Transitive Verb
- To worry, bother or disturb someone
- To make an effort to do something; bother
- Uncountable Noun
- Lack of public order; disturbance
- State of difficulty or stress
A2TOEICMoretrust
US /trʌst/
UK /trʌst/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To expect confidently
- To have confidence or faith
- Uncountable Noun
- Wealth or property held by one person for another
- The belief that someone is honest
A2TOEICMoreupdate
US /ʌpˈdet/
UK /ˌʌpˈdeɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Addition of a current version of something
- New information or data to make more current
- Transitive Verb
- To download the latest version of software
- To make more current or modern
B1TOEICMoreupper
US /ˈʌpɚ/
UK /ˈʌpə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Drug that improves mood or increases energy
- Something happy or encouraging
- Adjective
- Located above others of the same kind
- Being the northern part of a region
B1Moreused to
US /juzd tu/
UK /ˈju:st tə/
- Adjective
- Did regularly before, but don't do now
- Auxiliary Verb
- Have done before, but do not do now
A1Morewheel
US /wi:l/
UK /wi:l/
- Noun
- Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To move something which has wheels or is on wheels
- To turn or cause to turn something in a circle
A2Morework to do
US
UK
- Phrase
- Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- Obligations or responsibilities that require effort and attention.
A1More
Vocabulary
- work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- in charge: To be responsible for
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- back then: At that time in the past.
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- furious: Extremely angry
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- fart: To break wind; to emit gas from the anus
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- great: Very good; better than before
- alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- trust: To expect confidently
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
- elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
- part: Division of a book
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- barn: Building on a farm where animals or crops are kept
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
- happen: To take place or occur
- sheriff: Officer who enforces the law in an area
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
- shrunk: To become smaller
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- kid: Child or young person
- creamy: Resembling or containing cream
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- duke: Title given to a man below the rank of prince
- mouse: Small animal that has fur and a long tail
- ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
- freshest: Being the most fresh
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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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