adopt
US /əˈdɑ:pt/
UK /əˈdɒpt/
- Transitive Verb
- To legally take a child into your family
- To take on responsibility for something
A2TOEICMorealley
US /ˈæli/
UK /'ælɪ/
- Noun
- A narrow road or path between buildings
B1Morebefore long
US /bɪˈfɔr lɔŋ/
UK /biˈfɔ: lɔŋ/
- Phrase
- Soon; in a short time.
A1Morebounce
US /baʊns/
UK /baʊns/
- Uncountable Noun
- A person's energy or confidence
- Quality causing a person's hair to appear healthy
- Intransitive Verb
- To move around energetically, playfully
- (Of check) to be rejected due to inadequate funds
B1Moreceo
US
UK
- Abbreviation
- CEO for Chief Operating Officer
C2Morechairman
US /ˈtʃɛrmən/
UK /'tʃeəmən/
- Countable Noun
- A man in charge of a meeting
- The person who leads a company or organization
B1Morecheck out
US /tʃɛk aʊt/
UK /tʃek aut/
- Phrase
- Phrasal Verb
- To find out information about something
- To take books out of a library
A1Morecompete
US /kəmˈpit/
UK /kəmˈpi:t/
- Intransitive Verb
- To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
- To try to gain something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
A2Morecondition
US /kənˈdɪʃən/
UK /kənˈdɪʃn/
- Transitive Verb
- To improve something to make it better
- To cause to behave automatically in a certain way
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Disease or other medical problem
- The state of living you are in, e.g. good health
A2Morecongress
US /ˈkɑŋɡrɪs/
UK /'kɒŋɡres/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
- Proper Noun
- American governing body of elected representatives
B1Morecongressional
US /kənˈɡreʃənl/
UK /kənˈgreʃənl/
- Adjective
- Concerning the US congress
B2Moreconstruction
US /kənˈstrʌkʃən/
UK /kən'strʌkʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of building something; thing that is built
- Something that is made using different parts
A2Moredeal in
US /dil ɪn/
UK /di:l in/
- Phrasal Verb
- To buy and sell a particular product or products.
A1Moredecide
US /dɪˈsaɪd/
UK /dɪ'saɪd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- To make a legal judgment in court
A2TOEICMoredell
US /dɛl/
UK /del/
- Countable Noun
- Small wooded hollow in some land; small valley
B2Moredistrict
US /ˈdɪstrɪkt/
UK /'dɪstrɪkt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Area of a country, city, or town
- A region or area known for a particular activity, industry, or feature.
A2Moredivision
US /dɪˈvɪʒən/
UK /dɪ'vɪʒn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- How many times a number is contained in another
- One part of an organization
B1TOEICMoreexecutive
US /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/
UK /ɪɡ'zekjətɪv/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A senior manager in a business or organization
- The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws.
- Adjective
- Of a high ranking job in a company
- Relating to the management of a business or organization.
A2TOEICMorefinance
US /fəˈnæns, faɪ-, ˈfaɪˌnæns/
UK /ˈfaɪnæns/
- Uncountable Noun
- Control of money a person, business has access to
- Adjective
- Concerned with money
A2TOEICMorefor free
US /fɔr fri/
UK /fɔ: fri:/
- Phrase
- Without charge; at no cost.
- Adjective
- Available without payment.
A2Morefortune
US /ˈfɔrtʃən/
UK /'fɔ:tʃu:n/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- What might happen to you in the future
- Chance or luck, particularly good luck
- Transitive Verb
- To bring good fortune to.
B1TOEICMorefragment
US /ˈfræɡmənt/
UK /'fræɡmənt/
- Countable Noun
- Part that is broken off of something
- Intransitive Verb
- To be broken into pieces
- (Of computer file) to be broken into pieces
B1Morenomination
US /ˌnɑ:mɪˈneɪʃn/
UK /ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃn/
- Noun
- Act of choosing someone for a certain position
B2TOEICMorepandemic
US /pænˈdɛmɪk/
UK /pæn'demɪk/
- Adjective
- (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
- Noun
- a pandemic disease
C2Morephone number
US
UK
- Countable Noun
- A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
A1Moreplumb
US /plʌm/
UK /plʌm/
- Adverb
- Precisely or exactly
- Transitive Verb
- To measure the depth of something
- To connect pipes, baths, toilets to a water source
B2TOEICMorepropel
US /prəˈpɛl/
UK /prəˈpel/
- Transitive Verb
- To push, or make move in a certain direction
B1Morerecount
US /rɪˈkaʊnt/
UK /rɪ'kaʊnt/
- Countable Noun
- A check on the number, as of votes
- Transitive Verb
- To check the number of votes again
- To recall; to remember previous experiences
B1Morerepresentative
US /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv/
UK /ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/
- Noun
- Typical example of a particular category
- Politician who acts on behalf of the people
- Adjective
- Acting or speaking for other people
- Typical of a particular group or thing
A2TOEICMorerevenue
US /ˈrevənju/
UK /'revənju:/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Money that is made by or paid to a business
- Money a government collects from its people
A2TOEICMoresecurity
US /sɪˈkjʊrɪti/sə'kjurətɪ/
UK /sɪ'kjʊərətɪ/
- Noun
- Department in a company in charge of protection
- Financial document, like stocks, bonds and notes
A2TOEICMoresenator
US /ˈsɛnətɚ/
UK /ˈsenətə(r)/
- Noun
- An elected politician belonging to the senate
B2Moreset to
US /sɛt tu/
UK /set tu:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
A1Morespend
US /spɛnd/
UK /spend/
- Transitive Verb
- To use money to pay for something
- To use time in order to do something
A2TOEICMoresprawl
US /sprɔl/
UK /sprɔ:l/
- Intransitive Verb
- To spread out in an uncontrolled way
B2Morestitch
US /stɪtʃ/
UK /stɪtʃ/
- Noun
- Pain in your side after running or exercising
- Result of sewing thread going in and out of cloth
- Transitive Verb
- To sew cloth or material together
B1Morestorage
US /ˈstɔrɪdʒ, ˈstor-/
UK /ˈstɔ:rɪdʒ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of storing something; a depository for goods
A2Moretune
US /tun, tjun/
UK /tju:n/
- Transitive Verb
- To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- To adjust to be at the right musical pitch
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Group of musical notes that make a pleasant sound
A2Moreupset
US /ʌpˈsɛt/
UK /ʌpˈset/
- Adjective
- (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- Troubled, worried, or angry
- Transitive Verb
- To turn upside down or on its side
- To trouble, worry, or anger someone
A2Morework on
US /wɚk ɑn/
UK /wə:k ɔn/
- Phrasal Verb
- To devote effort to improve or develop something
- To try to persuade or influence someone.
A1More
Vocabulary
- set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
- deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
- phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
- before long: Soon; in a short time.
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- check out
- pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
- revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
- executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
- express: To send something by fast mail
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- adopt: To legally take a child into your family
- congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- district: Area of a country, city, or town
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- fortune: What might happen to you in the future
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
- division: How many times a number is contained in another
- representative: Typical example of a particular category
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- piece: A counter in a board game
- finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
- paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
- fragment: Part that is broken off of something
- own: To have something as your property
- stitch: Pain in your side after running or exercising
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- business: A company formed for making profit
- alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
- nomination: Act of choosing someone for a certain position
- congressional: Concerning the US congress
- sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
- recount: A check on the number, as of votes
- chairman: A man in charge of a meeting
- plumb: Precisely or exactly
- ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
- dell: Small wooded hollow in some land; small valley
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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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Meet Joe Strada, Florida HVAC Mogul Set To Become The Richest Member Of Congress
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Susan posted on 2026/10/05Ever wonder how someone goes from working at a bowling alley to becoming one of the wealthiest members of Congress? This video tells the fascinating story of Joe Strada, a Florida HVAC mogul, and offers a great opportunity to pick up business-related vocabulary like 'revenue,' 'net worth,' and 'non-compete restriction.' It is a perfect look at how grit and timing can turn a local contractor into a political powerhouse.
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