alive
US /əˈlaɪv/
UK /ə'laɪv/
- Adjective
- Living; not dead
- Active; energetic; full of life.
A2TOEICMoredamn
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
B2Moredying to
US
UK
- Phrase
- Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- To have a very strong desire or need for something.
A1Moreescape
US /ɪˈskep/
UK /ɪ'skeɪp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- The 'esc key' on a keyboard
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
- To get away from a place where you are being kept
A2Morefreak
US /friːk/
UK /friːk/
- Adjective
- (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- Noun
- A person, animal, or event that is physically abnormal, very unusual, or unlike others.
- A person with an unusual appearance or behaviour.
B2Morelose control
US
UK
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
mad
US /mæd/
UK /mæd/
- Adjective
- Very angry
- Enthusiastic about something
A2Moremake up
US /mek ʌp/
UK /meik ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To invent or create a story
- To add up to
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To invent a story, excuse, etc.
- To compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient.
A1Morenight and day
US /naɪt ənd de/
UK /nait ænd dei/
- Phrase
- Continuously; all the time.
- Noun
- The contrast between two very different things.
A1Morescrew
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
B1Moreto the rafters
US /tu ðə ˈræftɚz/
UK /tə ðə ˈrɑ:ftəz/
- other
- Completely full; filled to the maximum capacity.
B2Morewanna
US /ˈwɑnə/
UK /'wɒnə/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
B2More
Vocabulary
- lose control: To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- night and day: Continuously; all the time.
- to the rafters: Completely full; filled to the maximum capacity.
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- mad: Very angry
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- alive: Living; not dead
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
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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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