award
US /əˈwɔrd/
UK /ə'wɔ:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To give a prize for doing something well
- Countable Noun
- Prize given to you because you did something well
A2TOEICMoredeserve
US /dɪˈzɚv/
UK /dɪ'zɜ:v/
- Transitive Verb
- To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
A2TOEICMoregrant
US /ɡrænt/
UK /ɡrɑ:nt/
- Transitive Verb
- To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- To give or let someone do what they want
- Uncountable Noun
- Money given for education or research
A2TOEICMorehide behind
US /haɪd bɪˈhaɪnd/
UK /haɪd bɪˈhaɪnd/
- other
- To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
- To put oneself out of sight by staying at the back of something.
B1Morein love with
US //ɪn lʌv wɪð//
UK
- Adjective
- Feeling romantic love for someone.
- Extremely enthusiastic about or fond of something.
A1Morelonely
US /ˈloʊnli/
UK /ˈləʊnli/
- Adjective
- Sad because apart from other people
- Being far away and rarely visited by people
B2Moremasquerade
US /ˌmæskəˈred/
UK /ˌmæskəˈreɪd/
- Noun
- Fancy-dress party where people often wear masks
- Intransitive Verb
- To pretend to be someone/something you are not
C1Morerole
US /rol/
UK /rəʊl/
- Noun
- Character played by an actor
- Part you play in an activity; job; responsibility
A2Moretake a bow
US /tek e bo/
UK /teik ə bəu/
- Intransitive Verb
- To bend your head or body forward as a sign of respect or thanks to an audience.
A2Morewisdom
US /ˈwɪzdəm/
UK /'wɪzdəm/
- Uncountable Noun
- Knowledge gained from experience in life
A2More
Vocabulary
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- take a bow: To bend your head or body forward as a sign of respect or thanks to an audience.
- hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- role: Character played by an actor
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- award: To give a prize for doing something well
- part: Division of a book
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- cloud: To confuse the mind/judgment of a person
- true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
- masquerade: Fancy-dress party where people often wear masks
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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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