advance
US /ædˈvæns/
UK /əd'vɑ:ns/
- Noun
- Forward movement by an army
- An attempt to seduce someone
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- (Of an army) to move forward
- To change or improve
A2TOEICMoreagile
US /ˈædʒl/
UK /ˈædʒaɪl/
- Adjective
- Quick and skillful in moving; nimble
B2TOEICMorebattlefield
US /ˈbætlˌfild/
UK /ˈbætlfi:ld/
- Noun
- Region where a battle was, or is being fought
C1Morechassis
US /ˈʃæsi, ˈtʃæsi/
UK /ˈʃæsi/
- Noun
- Supporting frame of a structure, esp. a car
C1Morecombat
US /kəmˈbæt, ˈkɑmˌbæt/
UK /'kɒmbæt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To fight someone or something physically
B1Morecome for
US /kʌm fɔr/
UK /kʌm fɔ:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To arrive to collect someone or something.
- To attack someone.
A1Morecommand
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
A2Morecontact
US /ˈkɑnˌtækt/
UK /'kɒntækt/
- Adjective
- Touching or feeling something
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Touching or feeling something
- Object that allows electricity to run through it
A2Morecontrast
US /ˈkɑ:ntræst/
UK /'kɒntrɑ:st/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Comparison that shows obvious differences
- Difference in light and dark in photos, etc.
A2Morecourage
US /ˈkɚrɪdʒ, ˈkʌr-/
UK /'kʌrɪdʒ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- The quality of being brave enough to do what is right or necessary, even when it is difficult or dangerous
- Transitive Verb
- To encourage or embolden someone.
A2Morecritical
US /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/
UK /ˈkrɪtɪkl/
- Adjective
- Making a negative judgment of something
- Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
A2Morecritical to
US
UK
- Adjective
- Extremely important or essential.
- Of decisive importance with reference to the outcome of something; vital.
B2Moredebate
US / dɪˈbet/
UK /dɪ'beɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- General public discussion of a topic
- A formal event where two sides discuss a topic
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To consider options before making a decision
- To take part in a formal discussion
A2TOEICMoredefeat
US /dɪˈfit/
UK /dɪ'fi:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To beat an enemy, team, disease
- To prevent something from succeeding.
- Noun
- When you lose a fight, game or competition
- The feeling of having been beaten.
B1Moredefend
US /dɪˈfɛnd/
UK /dɪ'fend/
- Transitive Verb
- To protect and explain your position in court
- To protect against an attack
B1TOEICMoredirect
US /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/
UK /də'rekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- To show the way by conducting or leading
- Adverb
- Coming straight from something
A2TOEICMoredrone
US /dron/
UK /drəʊn/
- Countable Noun
- A remote controlled flying device
- Male bee
- Intransitive Verb
- To talk in a continually dull or monotonous voice
- To make a continuous low humming sound.
B2TOEICMoreelite
US /iˈliːt/
UK /iˈliːt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
- A person of the elite class.
- Adjective
- Belonging to the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
B2Moreencounter
US /ɛnˈkaʊntɚ/
UK /ɪn'kaʊntə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- To meet someone or something unexpectedly
- Noun
- A chance meeting; unexpected or unplanned meeting
B1TOEICMoreestimate
US /ˈɛstəˌmet/
UK /'estɪmət/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
- A judgment or opinion.
- Transitive Verb
- To guess or calculate the cost, size or value of
- To form an approximate idea or judgment of.
A2TOEICMoreexperienced in
US
UK
- Phrase
- Having skill or knowledge as a result of experience.
B1Moreexpertise
US /ˌekspɜːrˈtiːz/
UK /ˌekspɜ:ˈti:z/
- Uncountable Noun
- The special knowledge that an expert has
- Expert skill or knowledge in a particular field.
B1TOEICMorefamily man
US /ˈfæməli mæn/
UK /ˈfæmili mæn/
- Countable Noun
- A man who is devoted to his family and considers their needs to be very important.
A1Morefantastic
US /fænˈtæstɪk/
UK /fænˈtæstɪk/
- Adjective
- Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- Very large, fast or great
A2Morefellow
US /ˈfɛlo/
UK /'feləʊ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Man or a boy
- Student paid to study and teach after college
- Adjective
- Being of the same kind
- Sharing a particular activity, situation, or characteristic.
A2TOEICMorefrom home
US
UK
- Phrase
- Working or operating from one's residence.
- Originating or coming from one's own house or country.
A1Moreget back to
US /ɡɛt bæk tu/
UK /ɡet bæk tu:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To get in contact with someone again
- To return to someone or something; to respond at a later time.
A1Morego back to
US /ɡo bæk tu/
UK /ɡəu bæk tu:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To return to a starting point
A1Moregoal
US /ɡol/
UK /ɡəʊl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- (Sports) net into which you put a ball to score
A2TOEICMorehave at
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To attack someone or something.
- To begin doing something with enthusiasm.
A1Morehave to
US /hæv tu/
UK /ˈhæv tə/
- Auxiliary Verb
- Must do
A1Moreimmense
US /ɪˈmɛns/
UK /ɪˈmens/
- Adjective
- Very great in size or amount
- Extremely great in degree; vast.
B1Morein contrast to
US /ɪn ˈkɑntræst tu/
UK /in ˈkɔntræst tu:/
- Phrase
- Differing from something else
A1Moreinspiration
US /ˌɪnspəˈreʃən/
UK /ˌɪnspə'reɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
- The power or urge that makes you want to do something, especially something creative
B1TOEICMorelook at
US /lʊk æt/
UK /luk æt/
- Phrasal Verb
- To use your eyes to focus on something
- To focus your eyes on something carefully
A1Moremakeshift
US /ˈmekˌʃɪft/
UK /ˈmeɪkʃɪft/
- Adjective
- That only serves as something temporarily
- Noun
- A temporary substitute.
B2TOEICMorememorial
US /məˈmɔriəl, -ˈmor-/
UK /mə'mɔ:rɪəl/
- Noun
- Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
B1Moreminimally
US
UK
- Adverb
- The smallest or least degree
C2Moremutual
US /ˈmjutʃuəl/
UK /'mju:tʃʊəl/
- Adjective
- Shared between two or more people
- Possessed or held in common.
- Noun
B1Morephd
US
UK
- Noun
- Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
C2Moreprivilege
US /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ, ˈprɪvlɪdʒ/
UK /'prɪvəlɪdʒ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Advantage or right given to only certain people
- An opportunity to do something special or enjoyable.
- Transitive Verb
- To give advantages to some people not others
B1TOEICMorepsychological
US /ˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/
UK /ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/
- Adjective
- Concerning the study of the mind
- Relating to or involving the use of propaganda, threats, or other psychological techniques to subdue an opponent.
A2Moreraise the white flag
US /reiz ðə waɪt flæɡ/
UK /reiz ðə waɪt flæɡ/
- other
- To surrender or admit defeat in a conflict or dispute.
B2Morereality
US /riˈælɪti/
UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
A2Morereflect on
US /rɪˈflɛkt ɑn/
UK /riˈflekt ɔn/
- Phrasal Verb
- To think deeply or carefully about something.
B2Morereligious
US /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/
UK /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/
- Adjective
- Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
- Relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity.
B1Moreremain
US /rɪˈmen/
UK /rɪˈmeɪn/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be left behind; to continue to exist
- To stay in a place when other people have gone
A2TOEICMoreresolve
US /rɪˈzɑlv/
UK /rɪ'zɒlv/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make a decision to do something
- To find an answer, solution to a problem/ question
- Uncountable Noun
- Firm determination to do something.
B1TOEICMoreretail
US /ˈriˌtel/
UK /'ri:teɪl/
- Uncountable Noun
- Business of selling products to the public
- Adverb
- Bought or sold in a store or shop
C1TOEICMoresimulate
US /ˈsɪmjəˌlet/
UK /'sɪmjʊleɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To copy something or look or behave like it
B1TOEICMoresurrender
US /səˈrɛndɚ/
UK /sə'rendə(r)/
- Uncountable Noun
- Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To give up in a fight that you cannot win
- To give in, e.g. to person's demands or temptation
B1Moretheoretical
US /ˌθiəˈrɛtɪkəl/
UK /ˌθɪəˈretɪkl/
- Adjective
- Concerning the unproved aspects of a subject
- Based on or using the ideas and abstract principles that relate to a subject
B1Moreused to
US /juzd tu/
UK /ˈju:st tə/
- Adjective
- Did regularly before, but don't do now
- Auxiliary Verb
- Have done before, but do not do now
A1Morewarfare
US /ˈwɔrˌfɛr/
UK /ˈwɔ:fɛə/
- Uncountable Noun
- Methods used by those fighting in a war
- Engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict.
B2Morework to do
US
UK
- Phrase
- Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- Obligations or responsibilities that require effort and attention.
A1More
Vocabulary
- from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- have to: Must do
- raise the white flag: To surrender or admit defeat in a conflict or dispute.
- experienced in: Having skill or knowledge as a result of experience.
- family man: A man who is devoted to his family and considers their needs to be very important.
- have at: To attack someone or something.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
- in contrast to: Differing from something else
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- critical to: Extremely important or essential.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- come for: To arrive to collect someone or something.
- privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- mutual: Shared between two or more people
- immense: Very great in size or amount
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- retail: Business of selling products to the public
- advance: Forward movement by an army
- religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
- fellow: Man or a boy
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
- drone: A remote controlled flying device
- command: To be able to see far from a certain location
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- resolve: To make a decision to do something
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- programme: A plan or schedule of events
- makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- defend: To protect and explain your position in court
- memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
- surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
- agile: Quick and skillful in moving; nimble
- great: Very good; better than before
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
- part: Division of a book
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- theoretical: Concerning the unproved aspects of a subject
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
- battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
- chassis: Supporting frame of a structure, esp. a car
- minimally: The smallest or least degree
- phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
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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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