ashamed
US /əˈʃemd/
UK /ə'ʃeɪmd/
- Adjective
- Feeling of shame or guilt
- Causing someone to feel shame.
A2Moreawesome
US /ˈɔsəm/
UK /'ɔ:səm/
- Adjective
- Great; wonderful; stupendous
B2TOEICMorebreeze
US /briz/
UK /bri:z/
- Intransitive Verb
- To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
- Transitive Verb
- To complete something easily; find success
B1Morefirst off
US /fɚst ɔf/
UK /fə:st ɔf/
- Phrase
- To begin with; firstly.
- Most importantly; above all else.
A1Moreintend
US /ɪnˈtɛnd/
UK /ɪnˈtend/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To plan or want to do something
A2TOEICMoreintended
US /ɪnˈtɛndɪd/
UK /ɪnˈtendɪd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To plan or want to do something
- Past tense of intend: to have as one's purpose or plan.
- Adjective
- Planned or meant.
- Designed or meant for a particular purpose or person.
A2Moreknock
US /nɑk/
UK /nɒk/
- Noun
- Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- Action of something solid hitting something hard
- Transitive Verb
- To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
- To hit something to get people's attention
A2Morepun
US /pʌn/
UK /pʌn/
- Noun
- Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
- Intransitive Verb
- To make a joke with a word with a double meaning
C1Moresee past
US /si pæst/
UK /si: pɑ:st/
- other
- To overlook flaws or errors and accept.
B2Moresuper
US /ˈsupɚ/
UK /ˈsu:pə(r)/
- Adjective
- Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
A2Moreunderestimate
US /ˌʌndɚˈɛstəmet/
UK /ˌʌndər'estɪmeɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make too low a guess of something's size, value
B2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- see past: To overlook flaws or errors and accept.
- first off: To begin with; firstly.
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
- talk: Style of speaking
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- pun: Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
- small: Little in size; not big
- intend: To plan or want to do something
- super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
- breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
- intended: To plan or want to do something
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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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