engineer
US /ˌɛndʒəˈnɪr/
UK /ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
- Someone whose job is to repair or maintain engines
A2TOEICMoreghost
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
B1Moregreed
US /ɡrid/
UK /gri:d/
- Uncountable Noun
- Wanting too much of something
B1Moreinvent
US /ɪnˈvɛnt/
UK /ɪnˈvent/
- Transitive Verb
- To create something such as a story or excuse
- To create something useful for the first time
A2TOEICMorejail
US /dʒel/
UK /dʒeɪl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- Transitive Verb
- To hold people who are being punished for a crime
B1Moremediocre
US /ˌmidiˈokɚ/
UK /ˌmi:diˈəʊkə(r)/
- Adjective
- Average; not outstanding; not very good
B2TOEICMorerid
US /rɪd/
UK /rɪd/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- Adjective
- Freed or delivered from something.
A2Moretrust
US /trʌst/
UK /trʌst/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To expect confidently
- To have confidence or faith
- Uncountable Noun
- Wealth or property held by one person for another
- The belief that someone is honest
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- mediocre: Average; not outstanding; not very good
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- leave: To go away from; depart
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- person: Man, woman or child
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- trust: To expect confidently
- greed: Wanting too much of something
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- happen: To take place or occur
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
- ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
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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 2026/11/02Catch this intense, high-stakes scene from 'The Dropout' where Elizabeth delivers a brutal breakup monologue. It is a fantastic opportunity to hear how native speakers use sharp, direct language to set firm boundaries and express total disillusionment in a heated argument.
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