academy
US /əˈkædəmi/
UK /ə'kædəmɪ/
- Noun
- School that specializes in certain subjects
A2Morebald
US /bɔld/
UK /bɔ:ld/
- Adjective
- Lacking additional information or facts; unadorned
- Having very little or no hair
B1Moreghost
US /goʊst/
UK /gəʊst/
- Transitive Verb
- To write a book on behalf of another person
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Bad effects, memories, and feelings from the past
- Spirit of a dead person, appearing to the living
B1Moremustache
US /ˈmʌsˌtæʃ, məˈstæʃ/
UK /mə'stɑ:ʃ/
- Countable Noun
- Hair that grows above the upper lip
- The style or shape of a mustache.
B1Moreorganic
US /ɔrˈɡænɪk/
UK /ɔ:ˈgænɪk/
- Adjective
- Developing naturally and without a set structure
- Concerning food made with few or no chemicals
B1Morepregnant
US /ˈprɛɡnənt/
UK /ˈpregnənt/
- Adjective
- Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- Full of meaning or significance; suggestive.
B1Moreprofile
US /ˈproˌfaɪl/
UK /'prəʊfaɪl/
- Transitive Verb
- To write a short description of a person or group
- To write or create a profile of someone or something.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A short description of a person or group
- Shape of someone's head when viewed from the side
B1Morescandal
US /ˈskændl/
UK /'skændl/
- Noun
- Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
B1Moresoap
US /sop/
UK /səʊp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Hard cream-like substance used to wash something
- A TV serial
- Transitive Verb
- To put soap on something so it can be cleaned
A2Morestraight
US /stret/
UK /streɪt/
- Adjective
- Not having curves, bends, or angles
- Not gay; heterosexual
- Adverb
- in a line; immediately; honestly and directly
- In a straight line; directly.
A2TOEICMoreswirl
US /swɜrl/
UK /swɜ:l/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
B1Moreweird
US /wɪrd/
UK /wɪəd/
- Adjective
- Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- Eerily strange or disturbing.
B1More
Vocabulary
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- profile: To write a short description of a person or group
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
- academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
- scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
- swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
- mustache: Hair that grows above the upper lip
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- bald: Lacking additional information or facts; unadorned
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- boob: Breast (vulgar)
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- picture: General situation or state of being
- live: To be alive
- happen: To take place or occur
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- soap: Hard cream-like substance used to wash something
- ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
- friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
- purple: Being a color that is a mixture of red and blue
- gray: Color between black and white (also spelled grey)
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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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