looking out
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To take care and watch something carefully
- To be careful; to be vigilant
- Intransitive Verb
- To be careful or vigilant
A1Moremad
US /mæd/
UK /mæd/
- Adjective
- Very angry
- Enthusiastic about something
A2Moreno matter
US
UK
- Conjunction
- Regardless of; it does not matter.
- Adverb
- Regardless of; it is not important
A1Morepond
US /pɑ:nd/
UK /pɒnd/
- Countable Noun
- Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
- Intransitive Verb
- To become a pool of water on a surface.
A2Morerule
US /ruːl/
UK /ruːl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something that is normal and usually happens
- Governmental control or power over a region
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To decide legally, especially in court
- To have control or influence
A2TOEICMorestranger
US /ˈstrendʒɚ/
UK /'streɪndʒə(r)/
- Noun
- Someone you do not know
A2More
Vocabulary
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- mad: Very angry
- rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
- stranger: Someone you do not know
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- live: To be alive
- pond: Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- need: To be unable to manage without something; require
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- eat: To put food in your mouth
- cat: Household pet with fur, four legs and long tail.
- sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
- george: Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-)
- peter: Disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
- yo: YO is an acronym
- tom: (Ethnic slur) Offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
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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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