addict
US /əˈdɪkt/
UK /ˈædɪkt/
- Noun
- Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
B1Moreattend
US /əˈtɛnd/
UK /əˈtend/
- Transitive Verb
- To take care of someone in need
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To listen or watch carefully; to concentrate
- To be present at an event
B1TOEICMoreattention
US /əˈtɛnʃən/
UK /əˈtenʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Taking notice of someone or something
- Noun
- (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
A2TOEICMoreauthor
US /ˈɔθɚ/
UK /'ɔ:θə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- Transitive Verb
- To write book or articles
B1Moreautonomy
US /ɔˈtɑnəmi/
UK /ɔ:'tɒnəmɪ/
- Uncountable Noun
- The power to make independent decisions
B1Morebestseller
US /ˌbest'selər/
UK /ˌbest'selə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Book or other product selling in large numbers
C2Morebrick
US /brɪk/
UK /brɪk/
- Countable Noun
- Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
A2Morecorrect
US /kəˈrɛkt/
UK /kə'rekt/
- Adjective
- Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- True or accurate
- Transitive Verb
- To fix a problem
- To write marks on a piece of work to show mistakes
A2Moreculture
US /ˈkʌltʃɚ/
UK /'kʌltʃə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- The customs, beliefs, art, and all the other things that a group of people share and consider important.
- Transitive Verb
- To grow cells, tissues, bacteria, etc. in a controlled environment.
A2Moredesire
US / dɪˈzaɪr/
UK /dɪ'zaɪə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To wish for, hope or want something
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Thing that is wished for or wanted
- A strong feeling of sexual wanting.
A2Moredigest
US /daɪˈdʒest/
UK /daɪˈdʒest/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To convert food into energy in your stomach
- To think over facts, news etc.; take in information
- Noun
- A summary, as of the news
B2Moreeat up
US /it ʌp/
UK /i:t ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To eat all of something
- To use a large amount of something, especially money or time.
A1Moreembody
US /ɪmˈbɑ:di/
UK /ɪmˈbɒdi/
- Transitive Verb
- To make something into part of a body or system
B2Moreexpand
US /ɪkˈspænd/
UK /ɪk'spænd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make something larger in size, number, amount
A2TOEICMoreextract
US /ɪkˈstrækt/
UK /'ekstrækt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Essential ingredient of a natural thing
- Part taken from a longer written work
- Transitive Verb
- To get a substance out of a plant, etc.
- To get a person to share secret information
B1TOEICMoregenesis
US /ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
UK /'dʒenəsɪs/
- Noun
- Beginning of something important
B2TOEICMoreimpulse
US /ˈɪmˌpʌls/
UK /'ɪmpʌls/
- Noun
- Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
- A brief electrical signal transmitted along a nerve fiber or muscle fiber
B1TOEICMorein the face of
US //ɪn ðə feɪs ɑv//
UK
- Phrase
- When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
- Despite; in defiance of; when confronted with.
A1Moreinternal
US /ɪnˈtɚnəl/
UK /inˈtə:nəl/
- Adjective
- Being or happening in the body
- Being, happening in a country, state, organization
B1TOEICMorelength
US /leŋθ/
UK /leŋθ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Distance from one end of a pool to the other
- Measurement of distance or of time
- Adjective
- Being long in extent.
A2Morelure
US /lʊr/
UK /lʊə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Appealing quality that attracts people
- Device used to attract animals to catch them
- Transitive Verb
- To attract someone using something appealing
B1Moremanifest
US /ˈmænəˌfɛst/
UK /'mænɪfest/
- Countable Noun
- List of cargo on a ship
- Transitive Verb
- To express or show clearly
- Display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.
B1TOEICMoremast
US /mæst/
UK /mɑ:st/
- Noun
- Tall upright post supporting the sails of a boat
B2Moreon the internet
US
UK
- Phrase
- Located or available on the internet.
- Using the internet as a medium or platform.
A1Morepolitical
US /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/
UK /pəˈlɪtɪkl/
- Adjective
- Being active or interested in government matters
- Diplomatic
A2Morepre
US
UK
- Prefix
- A prefix meaning 'before'
B2Moreprofit
US /'prɑ:fɪt/
UK /'prɒfɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Benefit from doing something
- Money earned from sales, after costs are deducted
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be a benefit to someone
- To earn money from something
A2TOEICMorequestionnaire
US /ˌkwestʃəˈner/
UK /ˌkwestʃəˈneə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Form used to get information from many people
B1Morerebellion
US /rɪˈbɛljən/
UK /rɪ'beljən/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of conflicting with someone in authority
- Resisting and fighting against existing authority
B1Morerebellious
US /rɪˈbɛljəs/
UK /rɪˈbeljəs/
- Adjective
- Wanting to do things your way; resisting authority
- Engaged in or relating to rebellion.
B1Morereduce
US /rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus/
UK /rɪ'dju:s/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
A2TOEICMoreresist
US /rɪˈzɪst/
UK /rɪ'zɪst/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
- To fight or prevent something from happening
A2TOEICMoreright back
US /raɪt bæk/
UK /rait bæk/
- Interjection
- Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- Adverb
- Immediately; very soon after going.
A1Moreshift
US /ʃɪft/
UK /ʃɪft/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To change in position or direction
- To move something from one place to another
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A change in a persons plans, opinions or beliefs
- Period of work starting at a certain time
A2Moreslim
US /slɪm/
UK /slɪm/
- Adjective
- Being thin in an appealing way
- Being narrow in width
- Intransitive Verb
- To eat less in order to become thinner
B1Moreslop
US /slɑp/
UK /slɒp/
- Intransitive Verb
- To carelessly let liquid fall out of cup, etc.
B2Moreslope
US /sloʊp/
UK /sləʊp/
- Noun
- Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
- Surface on which people can ski
- Intransitive Verb
- To have one end that is not as high as the other
B1TOEICMorespan
US /spæn/
UK /spæn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Distance between two supports of a bridge
- Period of time that something continues for
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To go across a certain distance between things
- To cover or extend over a time period
B1TOEICMorespirit
US /ˈspɪrɪt/
UK /'spɪrɪt/
- Noun
- Person's strong determination or attitude
- Unique qualities of person, place, or time
- Transitive Verb
- To take someone away as if by magic
A2Moresuffer
US / ˈsʌfɚ/
UK /'sʌfə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To experience pain, illness, or injury
- To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
A2Moresuffer from
US /ˈsʌfɚ frʌm/
UK /ˈsʌfə frɔm/
- Intransitive Verb
- To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
A1Moretalking about
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To discuss a particular topic.
- To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
A1Morethink of
US /θɪŋk ʌv/
UK /θiŋk ɔv/
- Phrasal Verb
- To look on as (being something specific); consider
- To consider or remember something.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To imagine or call something to mind
A1Moreton
US /tʌn/
UK /tʌn/
- Noun
- Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
A2More
Vocabulary
- suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
- eat up: To eat all of something
- on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- manifest: List of cargo on a ship
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- shift: To change in position or direction
- autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
- political: Being active or interested in government matters
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
- rebellious: Wanting to do things your way; resisting authority
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- profit: Benefit from doing something
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
- addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
- modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
- length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- attend: To take care of someone in need
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- product: Item that can be bought
- rebellion: Act of conflicting with someone in authority
- part: Division of a book
- embody: To make something into part of a body or system
- slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
- questionnaire: Form used to get information from many people
- slim: Being thin in an appealing way
- genesis: Beginning of something important
- pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
- mast: Tall upright post supporting the sails of a boat
- slop: To carelessly let liquid fall out of cup, etc.
- bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers
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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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A.I. Slop Will Crescendo Into A Cultural Shift - Chris Hayes
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/01/08Ever feel like your attention is being stolen? This video dives into the 'Attention Economy' and how AI 'slop' is changing our culture, featuring insights from Chris Hayes! You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary and explore fascinating cultural critiques, making it a fantastic way to boost your English comprehension.
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