audition
US /ɔˈdɪʃən/
UK /ɔ:ˈdɪʃn/
- Intransitive Verb
- To try out for a part in a play or film
- Noun
- Trial performance to show suitability for a part
B2Morecaptain
US /ˈkæptən/
UK /'kæptɪn/
- Noun
- Title of a senior officer in the military
- Person in charge of a team, a ship or an airplane
- Transitive Verb
- To be in charge of a team, ship or airplane
B1Morecommand
US /kəˈmænd/
UK /kə'mɑ:nd/
- Transitive Verb
- To be able to see far from a certain location
- To give an order; have control over others
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Electronic order to a computer to do something
- An order to control things or others
A2Moreconvenient
US /kənˈvinjənt/
UK /kənˈvi:niənt/
- Adjective
- Allowing you to do something with less trouble
A2Moreconvoy
US /ˈkɑ:nvɔɪ/
UK /ˈkɒnvɔɪ/
- Countable Noun
- Group of moving vehicles, e.g. of an army/navy
B2Morecruiser
US /ˈkruzɚ/
UK /ˈkru:zə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Large motorboat used for long pleasure journeys
B1Morefool
US /ful/
UK /fu:l/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An idiot; someone who does something stupid
- Person kept by royalty to entertain with jokes
- Transitive Verb
- To trick someone; to deceive
A2Moregreet
US /ɡrit/
UK /gri:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
B1Moregun
US /ɡʌn/
UK /ɡʌn/
- Transitive Verb
- To suddenly make an engine run faster
- Countable Noun
- Weapon which fires bullets down a tube
A2Moremaneuver
US /məˈnuvɚ, -ˈnju-/
UK /mə'nu:və/
- Noun
- Military movement of troops
- Intransitive Verb
- To move troops in a battle
C2Moremobile
US /ˈmoʊbl/
UK /'məʊbaɪl/
- Adjective
- Able to be moved or able to move
- Able to move easily from one job, place, or social class to another.
- Countable Noun
- Personal phone you take with you wherever you go
- A decorative structure that is suspended so as to turn freely in the air.
B1Morenimble
US /ˈnɪmbəl/
UK /ˈnɪmbl/
- Adjective
- Being able to move quickly and easily
C1Morepacket
US /ˈpækɪt/
UK /ˈpækɪt/
- Countable Noun
- Small, thin container that holds something
- Computer data controlling the flow of data
A2Morepersonally
US /ˈpəsənəli/
UK /ˈpɜ:sənəli/
- Adverb
- By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- Knowing someone as a friend, or closely
A2Morepit
US /pɪt/
UK /pɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
- To make holes or marks on a surface
- Noun
- Hole in the ground
- Garage area for racing cars on a circuit
B1Moreport
US /pɔrt, port/
UK /pɔ:t/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- City where ships can shelter during a storm
- Left side of a ship when facing forward
- Transitive Verb
- To move data from one computer system to another
B1Morerear
US /rɪr/
UK /rɪə(r)/
- Noun
- Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
- Transitive Verb
- To care for a young animal, child into adulthood
A2TOEICMoreshuttle
US /ˈʃʌtl/
UK /ˈʃʌtl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Vehicle carrying passengers between two places
- Device used when weaving cloth
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To move passengers between two nearby places
B1Moresoy
US /sɔɪ/
UK /sɔɪ/
- Noun
- Food substance made from soya beans
C2Morespike
US /spaɪk/
UK /spaɪk/
- Noun
- The top point in a graph
- Long, thin metal rod that ends in a point
- Intransitive Verb
- To go up to a point on a graph
B2Morestream
US /strim/
UK /stri:m/
- Intransitive Verb
- To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- Noun
- Classes split into ability levels
- A small river
A2Moretan
US /tæn/
UK /tæn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A light brown color
- Brown colored skin from being in the sun
- Transitive Verb
- To process leather with a tanning agent
B2Moretiff
US /tɪf/
UK /tɪf/
- Countable Noun
- Insignificant quarrel, often over not very much
C2Moretrick
US /trɪk/
UK /trɪk/
- Transitive Verb
- To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of trying to fool someone
- Quick or skillful way of doing something
A2Morewait for
US /wet fɔr/
UK /weit fɔ:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To wait until someone comes, or something happens
A1More
Vocabulary
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- spike: The top point in a graph
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- command: To be able to see far from a certain location
- personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- maneuver: Military movement of troops
- audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
- captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
- tan: A light brown color
- pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
- convenient: Allowing you to do something with less trouble
- mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- area: Amount of measured space
- entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- live: To be alive
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- fool: An idiot; someone who does something stupid
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- shuttle: Vehicle carrying passengers between two places
- port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
- nimble: Being able to move quickly and easily
- soy: Food substance made from soya beans
- convoy: Group of moving vehicles, e.g. of an army/navy
- packet: Small, thin container that holds something
- gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
- cruiser: Large motorboat used for long pleasure journeys
- tiff: Insignificant quarrel, often over not very much
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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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林宜悉 posted on 2026/03/08Get ready for some high-octane action as the S.W.A.T. team races against time to stop a dangerous fan from reaching a million live stream viewers! You'll hear intense phrases like "pit maneuver" and "make room for us at the front of that convoy" as they try to save the day. This clip is a fantastic way to pick up some dramatic vocabulary and see how quick thinking can save lives!
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