alternate
US /ˈɔ:ltərnət/
UK /ɔ:lˈtɜ:nət/
- Intransitive Verb
- To follow one thing after another repeatedly
B2TOEICMorecereal
US /ˈsɪriəl/
UK /'sɪərɪəl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Breakfast food eaten with milk
- Grain that can be eaten
B1Moregun
US /ɡʌn/
UK /ɡʌn/
- Transitive Verb
- To suddenly make an engine run faster
- Countable Noun
- Weapon which fires bullets down a tube
A2Moremonitoring
US /'mɒnɪtərɪŋ/
UK /'mɒnɪtərɪŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To observe and keep a record of something
- Uncountable Noun
- The act of observing and checking something over a period of time.
B1Moreparallel
US /ˈpærəˌlɛl/
UK /'pærəlel/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be equal to, or like, something else
- To compare
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A line on a map a set distance from the equator
- A similarity; a comparison.
B1Morequantum
US /ˈkwɑ:ntəm/
UK /ˈkwɒntəm/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The smallest unit or amount of energy
B2Moreresearch
US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/
UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Study done to discover new ideas and facts
- A particular area or topic of study.
A2TOEICMoreshoot
US /ʃut/
UK /ʃu:t/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- Countable Noun
- Emerging new part of a plant
A2Morespike
US /spaɪk/
UK /spaɪk/
- Noun
- The top point in a graph
- Long, thin metal rod that ends in a point
- Intransitive Verb
- To go up to a point on a graph
B2Morestuff
US /stʌf/
UK /stʌf/
- Uncountable Noun
- Generic description for things, materials, objects
- Transitive Verb
- To push material inside something, with force
B1Moreswap
US /swɑp/
UK /swɒp/
- Transitive Verb
- To exchange goods without spending money; trade
- Noun
- A trade or exchange of goods without using money
B2TOEICMoretaken over
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- To gain control of something.
A1More
Vocabulary
- taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- can: Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- parallel: To be equal to, or like, something else
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- spike: The top point in a graph
- swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
- quantum: The smallest unit or amount of energy
- dog: Small 4-legged animal that barks kept as a pet
- alternate: To follow one thing after another repeatedly
- monitoring: To observe and keep a record of something
- gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
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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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