absorb
US /əbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb/
UK /əb'sɔ:b/
- Transitive Verb
- To take up all attention / energy of something
- To take in a liquid; soak up
B1TOEICMoreartificially
US /ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəlɪ/
UK /ˌɑ:tɪ'fɪʃəlɪ/
- Adverb
- Not naturally; made by people
B1Moreat least
US /æt list/
UK /æt li:st/
- Adverb
- As a minimum
- Not less than
- Phrase
- No less than; at the minimum
- Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
C2Moreavoid
US /əˈvɔɪd/
UK /ə'vɔɪd/
- Transitive Verb
- To prevent from happening
- To stay away from
A2TOEICMorebloodstream
US /ˈblʌdˌstrim/
UK /ˈblʌdstri:m/
- Uncountable Noun
- Blood flowing through the circulatory system
C2Moreclone
US /kloʊn/
UK /kləʊn/
- Transitive Verb
- To make an exact copy of a living thing
B2Morecome from
US /kʌm frʌm/
UK /kʌm frɔm/
- Phrasal Verb
- To have as your native country or city
A1Morecomment
US /ˈkɑmɛnt/
UK /'kɒment/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- An explanatory note in a computer program.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To say something that gives your opinion
- To add explanatory notes to a computer program.
A2Morecomprise
US /kəmˈpraɪz/
UK /kəm'praɪz/
- Transitive Verb
- To be made up of (different parts)
B1Moreconceive
US /kənˈsiv/
UK /kənˈsi:v/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To become pregnant
- To think of, create new (ideas, thought, plans)
B1Morecouple
US /ˈkʌpəl/
UK /'kʌpl/
- Transitive Verb
- To join something to something else
- (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Two people in a romantic relationship
- Two of something; two people; a pair
A2Moredecease
US /dɪˈsis/
UK /dɪˈsi:s/
- Intransitive Verb
- To die
B2Moredemand
US /dɪˈmænd/
UK /dɪ'mɑ:nd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Desire customers have to buy product, service
- A strong request for someone to do something
- Transitive Verb
- To strongly request someone to do something
- To need something.
A2TOEICMoredistinct
US /dɪˈstɪŋkt/
UK /dɪˈstɪŋkt/
- Adjective
- Clearly different in nature from something else
- Clearly noticeable; easily perceived.
A2Moredna
US
UK
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Chemical in living cells with genetic information
B2Moredonor
US /ˈdoʊnə(r)/
UK /ˈdəʊnə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Someone giving money or gifts to support a cause
B1Moreembryo
US /ˈɛmbriˌo/
UK /ˈembriəʊ/
- Noun
- Tiny plant stored inside a seed
- Early form of an unborn human or animal
B2Moreexceed
US /ɪkˈsid/
UK /ɪk'si:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To be greater in number, degree than something
- To go above or beyond a limit or rule
B1TOEICMoreexperiment
US /ɪkˈspɛrəmənt/
UK /ɪk'sperɪmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- A course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the eventual outcome.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To create and perform tests to research something
- To try something new that you haven't tried before
A2TOEICMorefertilize
US /ˈfɜ:rtəlaɪz/
UK /ˈfɜ:təlaɪz/
- Transitive Verb
- To make pregnant; to put sperm in an egg
- To add chemicals to produce larger, better plants
B1TOEICMorefetus
US /ˈfitəs/
UK /'fi:təs/
- Noun
- An unborn baby, at a later stage than an embryo
C1Morefor instance
US /fɔr ˈɪnstəns/
UK /fɔ: ˈinstəns/
- Adverb
- As an example.
- Phrase
- As an example.
- As an illustration or case in point
B1Morefuse
US /fjuz/
UK /fju:z/
- Noun
- Device connected to and making a bomb explode
- Electrical safety device
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- (Metal) to become one through heat contact
- To become combined; unite.
B2Morefusion
US /ˈfjuʒən/
UK /ˈfju:ʒn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Combining various things to make something new
- The process in which light atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, releasing large amounts of energy.
B2Moregenetically
US /dʒə'netɪklɪ/
UK /dʒə'netɪklɪ/
- Adverb
- Caused or controlled, or by genes
- By means of genes or genetic engineering.
B1Moregenitalia
US /ˌdʒɛnɪˈteliə, -ˈteljə/
UK /ˌdʒenɪ'teɪlɪə/
- Noun (plural)
- External sex organ
B2Moregenome
US /ˈdʒi:noʊm/
UK /ˈdʒi:nəʊm/
- Noun
- Complete set of genetic material in an organism
B2Moregoat
US /goʊt/
UK /gəʊt/
- Countable Noun
- Small animal with beard and horns
B2Morehuge
US /hjudʒ/
UK /hju:dʒ/
- Adjective
- Very very large
A2Morehybrid
US /ˈhaɪbrɪd/
UK /ˈhaɪbrɪd/
- Adjective
- Formed from combining different things
- Of mixed origin or composition.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something formed from combining different things
- An offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties.
B2Moreinfect
US /ɪnˈfɛkt/
UK /ɪn'fekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To introduce a computer virus to
- To give a disease, bacteria or virus to
B1Moreinfuse
US /ɪnˈfjooz/
UK /ɪnˈfju:z/
- Transitive Verb
- To soak tea, etc. in hot water, oil etc.
- To cause to fill up with a feeling or quality
B2TOEICMoreinstance
US /ˈɪnstəns/
UK /'ɪnstəns/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An example of something; case
- An occurrence of something.
- Transitive Verb
- To give as an example of something else
A2TOEICMorekidney
US /ˈkɪdni/
UK /'kɪdnɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
- An animal kidney used as food.
- Adjective
- Relating to the kidneys.
- Having the shape of a kidney; bean-shaped.
B2Morelead to
US /lid tu/
UK /li:d tu:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To result in some action
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To have something as a consequence or result.
A1Moremodify
US /ˈmɑ:dɪfaɪ/
UK /ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To make minor change to something
B1Moremultiple
US /ˈmʌltəpəl/
UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/
- Adjective
- Having or involving more than one of something
- Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
- Countable Noun
- Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
- A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
B1Moremythical
US /ˈmɪθɪkəl/
UK /ˈmɪθɪkl/
- Adjective
- Based on beliefs unsupported by facts
B1Moreoccur
US /əˈkɚ/
UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To come to pass or to happen
- To be found to exist; to be present.
A2TOEICMoreon to
US /ɑn tu/
UK /ɔn tu:/
- Preposition
- Toward something; forward
- Aware of someone's activities.
- Adjective
- Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
A1Moreplacenta
US /pləˈsɛntə/
UK /pləˈsentə/
- Noun
- Organ that supplies nutrients to fetus in the womb
C1Morepopulation
US /ˌpɑpjəˈleʃən/
UK /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- A group of individuals of one species living in a particular area.
A2TOEICMorepotential
US /pəˈtɛnʃəl/
UK /pəˈtenʃl/
- Adjective
- Capable of happening or becoming reality
- Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.
- Uncountable Noun
- someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
A2TOEICMorerare
US /rɛr/
UK /reə(r)/
- Adjective
- (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
- Unusual or out of the ordinary; not common
A2Morerather than
US
UK
- Adverb
- More exactly; more correctly
- Preferably; instead
- Preposition
- Instead of
A1Morerecipient
US /rɪˈsɪpiənt/
UK /rɪ'sɪpɪənt/
- Noun
- Someone who gets or receives something
- Adjective
- Receiving or capable of receiving.
B2TOEICMorerecommend
US /ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd/
UK /ˌrekə'mend/
- Transitive Verb
- To advise or suggest that someone do something
- To endorse or support something publicly.
A2TOEICMorerejection
US /rɪˈdʒɛkʃən/
UK /rɪ'dʒekʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Decision that something is not good enough
- Act of refusing to consider or believe
B1Moresection
US / ˈsɛkʃən/
UK /'sekʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A part of a whole
- Specific group of people from a larger group
- Transitive Verb
- To divide something into smaller parts
B1TOEICMoresnake
US /snek/
UK /sneɪk/
- Noun
- An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
- Intransitive Verb
- To move like a snake
- To wind in a long path like the shape of a snake
B1Morestick
US /stɪk/
UK /stɪk/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- To join together using glue or paste
- Countable Noun
- Long thin piece of wood from a tree
A2Moresurvive
US /sɚˈvaɪv/
UK /sə'vaɪv/
- Intransitive Verb
- To continue to live despite illness or trouble
A2TOEICMoretransfusion
US /trænsˈfjuʒən/
UK /trænsˈfju:ʒn/
- Noun
- Act of putting someone else's blood into a patient
C2Moretransplant
US /trænsˈplænt/
UK /trænsˈplɑ:nt/
- Noun
- A medical operation to replace organs of the body
- Transitive Verb
- To replace organ in the body by an operation
B2Moreturn around
US /tɚn əˈraʊnd/
UK /tə:n əˈraund/
- Phrasal Verb
- To change your body to the opposite direction
- To make something running badly into a success
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To change direction so as to face the opposite way.
- To improve or cause to improve.
A1Morewithout knowing
US
UK
- Phrase
- Unaware; without being conscious of something.
- Unintentionally; without meaning to do something.
womb
US /wum/
UK /wu:m/
- Noun
- Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
B2More
Vocabulary
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
- at least: As a minimum
- for instance: As an example.
- lead to: To result in some action
- without knowing: Unaware; without being conscious of something.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- instance: An example of something; case
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- huge: Very very large
- section: A part of a whole
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- couple: To join something to something else
- recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
- kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
- click: To work well with someone or something
- noggin: A human head
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- conceive: To become pregnant
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- century: Period of 100 years
- bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
- genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- fusion: Combining various things to make something new
- modify: To make minor change to something
- hybrid: Formed from combining different things
- rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- fetus: An unborn baby, at a later stage than an embryo
- exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
- embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- mythical: Based on beliefs unsupported by facts
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
- infuse: To soak tea, etc. in hot water, oil etc.
- comprise: To be made up of (different parts)
- genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
- fertilize: To make pregnant; to put sperm in an egg
- genitalia: External sex organ
- infect: To introduce a computer virus to
- transplant: A medical operation to replace organs of the body
- donor: Someone giving money or gifts to support a cause
- transfusion: Act of putting someone else's blood into a patient
- artificially: Not naturally; made by people
- placenta: Organ that supplies nutrients to fetus in the womb
- goat: Small animal with beard and horns
- snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
- clone: To make an exact copy of a living thing
- decease: To die
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
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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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