acknowledgment
US /ækˈnɑlɪdʒmənt/
UK /ək'nɒlɪdʒmənt/
- Noun
- Act showing you have received something
B1Moreadvocate
US /ˈædvəˌket/
UK /'ædvəkeɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A lawyer who protects a clients interests
- Person who supports a movement for changes
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To request change
- To publicly support a belief
B1TOEICMoreas for
US /æz fɔr/
UK /æz fɔ:/
- Preposition
- Concerning; regarding.
- Phrase
- Used to introduce a new topic or aspect of a subject.
A1Moreat home
US /æt hom/
UK /æt həum/
- Phrase
- In one's own residence or country.
- Adjective
- Feeling comfortable and relaxed.
back in the day
US
UK
- Phrase
- In the past; in former times.
- Referring to a past time, often with a sense of nostalgia or fondness.
A1Morebet
US /bet/
UK /bet/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- Used to express certainty or confidence
- Countable Noun
- Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
A2Morebidder
US /ˈbɪdɚ/
UK /'bɪdə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Person who offers an amount to buy something
B1Morebunch
US /bʌntʃ/
UK /bʌntʃ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A group of things of the same kind
- A group of people.
- Transitive Verb
- To group people or things closely together
B1Morecare for
US /kɛr fɔr/
UK /kɛə fɔ:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To want or desire a thing
- To look after someone who is ill, old, or very young.
A1Morechop
US /tʃɑp/
UK /tʃɒp/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
- To hit someone with your hand
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A hit with the hand in a sideways motion
- Thick slice of meat still attached to a bone
B1Morecommercial
US /kəˈmɚʃəl/
UK /kəˈmə:ʃəl/
- Noun
- Radio or television advertisement
- Adjective
- A notice, picture, or film telling people about a product, job, or service.
- Designed for or primarily concerned with financial success.
B1Morecostume
US /ˈkɑsˌtum, -ˌtjum/
UK /'kɒstju:m/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
- The traditional dress of a particular region or historical period.
- Transitive Verb
- To provide with a costume.
A2Moreestablishment
US /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/
UK /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act, process of starting an organization or system
- Organization, institution or place to do business
A2TOEICMorefor life
US /fɔr laɪf/
UK /fɔ: laif/
- Phrase
- For the duration of one's life; permanently.
- To support someone for the duration of their life.
- Adjective
- Being a member for the entirety of one's life.
A1Morefor sale
US /fɔr sel/
UK /fɔ: seil/
- Phrase
- (object) that people can buy
A2Moreformal
US / ˈfɔrməl/
UK /'fɔ:ml/
- Adjective
- Observing rules and procedures strictly
- Behaving well, politely; wearing your best clothes
A2TOEICMoregot to
US /ɡɑt tu/
UK /gɔt tu:/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To arrive at some place
- To have the opportunity or permission to do something
- Phrasal Verb
- To appeal to the emotions of; move
- To finally begin to start something after a delay
A1Moregrave
US /ɡrev/
UK /ɡreɪv/
- Countable Noun
- Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
- Uncountable Noun
- Poetic death; being dead
A2TOEICMorehang out
US /hæŋ aʊt/
UK /hæŋ aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To spend time with your friends
- To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
A2Morehangout
US /ˈhæŋˌaʊt/
UK /'hæŋaʊt/
- Noun
- Frequently visited place
B2Moreinsult
US /ɪnˈsʌlt/
UK /ɪn'sʌlt/
- Transitive Verb
- To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of disrespecting by being rude or impolite
B1TOEICMorejudge
US /dʒʌdʒ/
UK /dʒʌdʒ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Person who decides on the results of a contest
- Person who has the power to make a decision
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To reach a decision about who won a contest
- To form an opinion after careful consideration
A2TOEICMorekid
US /kɪd/
UK /kɪd/
- Countable Noun
- Child or young person
- Young goat
- Adjective
- Made from young goat skin
A2Moreomega
US /oʊ'meɡə/
UK /'əʊmɪɡə/
- Noun
- Last letter in the greek alphabet
B2Morepistachio
US /pɪˈstæʃiˌo, -ˈstɑʃiˌo/
UK /pɪˈstæʃiəʊ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Greenish nuts used in cakes, ice cream etc.
C1Morepress
US /prɛs/
UK /pres/
- Noun
- Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- General term for TV, radio, newspapers
- Transitive Verb
- To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
- To repeatedly ask someone to do something
A2TOEICMoreprotein
US /ˈprəʊˌtiːn/
UK /ˈprəʊti:n/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Group of molecules made from amino acids
B1Morerage
US /reɪdʒ/
UK /reɪdʒ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Strong or violent anger
- Intransitive Verb
- To act or speak with strong or violent anger
- To move violently, like a storm
B1Morerespond
US /rɪˈspɑnd/
UK /rɪ'spɒnd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To answer something or someone
- To have a good reaction to e.g. medical treatment
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.
A1Moreromance
US /ˈroʊˈmæns/
UK /rəʊˈmæns/
- Transitive Verb
- To court someone into a love relationship
- To describe more attractively than the reality
- Uncountable Noun
- Emotion or feeling of being in love with someone
- Qualities that make something attractive etc.
B1Moreromantic
US /roʊˈmæntɪk/
UK /rəʊˈmæntɪk/
- Adjective
- Relating to courtship or love
- Being impractical, unrealistic, or idealistic
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- People who like love, candlelit dinners, etc.
- Person living in a fantasy-like world not reality
A2Morerub
US /rʌb/
UK /rʌb/
- Transitive Verb
- To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- To move something back and forth along a surface
- Noun
- Act of moving you hand forcefully along a surface
B1Morescale
US /skel/
UK /skeɪl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Size, level, or amount when compared
- Small hard plates that cover the body of fish
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To change the size of but keep the proportions
- To climb something large (e.g. a mountain)
A2TOEICMoresnake
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
B1Moresource
US /sɔrs, sors/
UK /sɔ:s/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Piece of information; a person giving information
- Place from which something necessary comes
- Adjective
- Produces or provides what is wanted or needed
A2TOEICMorespa
US /spɑ/
UK /spɑ:/
- Noun
- Place you go to bathe in/drink water for health
C2Morestandard
US /ˈstændəd/
UK /'stændəd/
- Noun
- Official unit of measuring something
- Principle of behaving in a moral way
- Adjective
- Being the accepted normal level of quality
- (Of a language) being the most accepted in a place
A2TOEICMorestranger
US /ˈstrendʒɚ/
UK /'streɪndʒə(r)/
- Noun
- Someone you do not know
A2Morestuff
US /stʌf/
UK /stʌf/
- Uncountable Noun
- Generic description for things, materials, objects
- Transitive Verb
- To push material inside something, with force
B1Moresuggestion
US /səɡˈdʒɛstʃən, səˈdʒɛs-/
UK /səˈdʒestʃən/
- Noun
- Idea about what someone should do
A2TOEICMorethink about
US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/
UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To consider something carefully.
- To remember or call to mind.
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
A1Morevalentine
US /ˈvælənˌtaɪn/
UK /ˈvæləntaɪn/
- Noun
- The person you date on Valentine's Day
- A card or gift sent to a person one loves or is attracted to on Valentine's Day.
- Adjective
- Relating to Valentine's Day or romantic love.
B2More
Vocabulary
- for sale: (object) that people can buy
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- back in the day: In the past; in former times.
- for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- as for: Concerning; regarding.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
- advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
- commercial: Radio or television advertisement
- protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
- respond: To answer something or someone
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
- grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
- great: Very good; better than before
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- stranger: Someone you do not know
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- establishment: Act, process of starting an organization or system
- season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- romantic: Relating to courtship or love
- suggestion: Idea about what someone should do
- kid: Child or young person
- valentine: The person you date on Valentine's Day
- acknowledgment: Act showing you have received something
- bidder: Person who offers an amount to buy something
- romance: To court someone into a love relationship
- pistachio: Greenish nuts used in cakes, ice cream etc.
- snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
- hangout: Frequently visited place
- omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet
- spa: Place you go to bathe in/drink water for health
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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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"I Don't Want To Be Rubbed By A Stranger" - Don't Bother Gifting John Oliver A Spa Day
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/02/11Ever wondered how to politely decline an unwanted gift, or what to say when someone offers you a spa day you'd rather not have? John Oliver hilariously tackles these everyday social situations, giving you practical phrases you can use in daily life and even in the workplace. You'll pick up simple sentence structures and situational dialogue that'll make your English interactions smoother and funnier!
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