activate
US /ˈæktəˌvet/
UK /ˈæktɪveɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- To make something start working
B1Moreanxiety
US /æŋˈzaɪɪti/
UK /æŋ'zaɪətɪ/
- Uncountable Noun
- A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
B1Moreartery
US /ˈɑrtəri/
UK /ˈɑ:təri/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
- Important road, rail or water way
B2Moreback into
US /bæk ˈɪntu/
UK /bæk ˈɪntuː/
- Phrasal Verb
- To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- To accidentally collide with something while moving backwards.
A1Moreblood
US /blʌd/
UK /blʌd/
- Uncountable Noun
- Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- Related by birth; family
- Transitive Verb
- To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club
A2Morecalm
US /kɑm/
UK /kɑ:m/
- Adjective
- Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- Relaxed and not worried or angry
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make or become relaxed and not worried or angry
A2Morecarotid
US
UK
- Noun
- Of two major arteries supplying blood to head/neck
C2Morecheck out
US /tʃɛk aʊt/
UK /tʃek aut/
- Phrase
- Phrasal Verb
- To find out information about something
- To take books out of a library
A1Morechopstick
US /ˈtʃɑ:pstɪk/
UK /ˈtʃɒpstɪk/
- Countable Noun
- One of a pair of thin sticks used to eat food with
B1Moreconnect
US /kəˈnɛkt/
UK /kə'nekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To associate a thing with something else
- To join or attach things together
A2Moredepression
US /dɪˈprɛʃən/
UK /dɪ'preʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- Period of unemployment and low economic activity
B2Moredetermine
US /dɪˈtɚmɪn/
UK /dɪ'tɜ:mɪn/
- Transitive Verb
- To control exactly how something will be or act
- To establish the facts about; discover
A2TOEICMoreendure
US /ɛnˈdʊr, -ˈdjʊr/
UK /ɪn'djʊə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To last for a long time; continue to exist
- Transitive Verb
- To accept difficulties without struggle
B1TOEICMoreexpression
US /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/
UK /ɪk'spreʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- Group of words that have a specific meaning
A2TOEICMoreextreme
US /ɪkˈstrim/
UK /ɪk'stri:m/
- Adjective
- Very great in degree
- Farthest from a center
- Noun
- Effort that is thought more than is necessary
- The furthest point or limit of something.
B1Morefacial
US /ˈfeʃəl/
UK /'feɪʃl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
- Adjective
- Concerning or on the face
B2Morefake
US /fek/
UK /feɪk/
- Adjective
- Not real; made to look like something real
- Countable Noun
- A copy of something made to trick people
B1Morefeedback
US /ˈfidˌbæk/
UK /ˈfi:dbæk/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- Information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To give information or opinions about something to someone, especially in order to improve it.
B1TOEICMorefeel happy
US
UK
- Intransitive Verb
- To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
A1Morefreeze
US /friz/
UK /fri:z/
- Intransitive Verb
- To harden to a solid below zero degrees
- Transitive Verb
- To store an item of food in a cold place
- To make someone to not want to communicate
A2Morefrown
US /fraʊn/
UK /fraʊn/
- Noun
- When you pull your eyebrows together to show anger
- Intransitive Verb
- To pull the eyebrows together to show anger
B1Morefunnier
US
UK
- Adjective
- Being more amusing than
B2Morego ahead
US /ɡo əˈhɛd/
UK /ɡəu əˈhed/
- Phrasal Verb
- To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- To give permission to do something
- Intransitive Verb
- To start or proceed with something
- To proceed despite potential obstacles or doubts.
A1Morehappiness
US /ˈhæpɪnɪs/
UK /'hæpɪnəs/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- A feeling of joy and contentment
A2Moreinside of
US /ɪnˈsaɪd ʌv/
UK /inˈsaid ɔv/
- Preposition
- Within; in the inner part of.
- Within a certain period of time.
A1Moreintense
US /ɪnˈtɛns/
UK /ɪn'tens/
- Adjective
- Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- Experiencing or showing great force or strength; extreme.
A2TOEICMoreinternal
US /ɪnˈtɚnəl/
UK /inˈtə:nəl/
- Adjective
- Being or happening in the body
- Being, happening in a country, state, organization
B1TOEICMoreloop
US /lup/
UK /lu:p/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
- A circle of rope or string to put around something
- Transitive Verb
- To put a circle of rope around something
B2TOEICMoremild
US /maɪld/
UK /maɪld/
- Adjective
- Gentle in nature or behavior
- Being neither too cold nor too hot
A2Morenerve
US /nɚv/
UK /nə:v/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
- Courage to do something that is difficult or risky
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To summon one's courage; brace oneself.
A2Moreoccur
US /əˈkɚ/
UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To come to pass or to happen
- To be found to exist; to be present.
A2TOEICMoreon average
US /ɑn ˈævərɪdʒ/
UK /ɔn ˈævəridʒ/
- Phrase
- Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
B1Moreon the case
US
UK
- Phrase
- Actively investigating or working on a particular problem or situation.
- Taking responsibility for and dealing with a task or issue.
A1Moreon top of that
US
UK
- Phrase
- In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
A1Moreout there
US /aʊt ðɛr/
UK /aut ðɛə/
- Adverb
- In or to a place that is far away
- Existing in the universe
- Adjective
- Unconventional; strange; avant-garde
- Existing or available.
A1Morepen
US /pɛn/
UK /pen/
- Countable Noun
- Small fenced area where people or animals are kept
- Writing tool that uses ink
- Transitive Verb
- To put animals, people in a fenced or closed area
- To write (a song, love letter, etc.)
A2Morepen in
US /pɛn ɪn/
UK /pen ɪn/
- other
- To confine or enclose someone or something in a small area.
B2Morerecover
US /rɪ'kʌvər/
UK /rɪ'kʌvə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To return to a prior normal condition
- To get back something that was lost
A2TOEICMorereflect
US /rɪˈflɛkt/
UK /rɪ'flekt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To indicate or be a sign of something
- To bounce back light, heat, sound from a surface
A2TOEICMoreresult
US /rɪˈzʌlt/
UK /rɪ'zʌlt/
- Noun
- Something produced through tests or experiments
- Final score of a competition, election or game
- Intransitive Verb
- To be the outcome of other causes and effects
- To happen or exist as a consequence of something.
A2Moresadness
US /ˈsædnəs/
UK /ˈsædnəs/
- Uncountable Noun
- Unhappy feeling when something bad happened
A2Moreskull
US /skʌl/
UK /skʌl/
- Noun
- Structure of bones forming the face and head
B2Morestress
US / strɛs/
UK /stres/
- Transitive Verb
- To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- To put pressure on something or someone
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
- Pressure on something or someone
A2TOEICMoresurgeon
US /ˈsɜrdʒən/
UK /'sɜ:dʒən/
- Countable Noun
- A doctor who performs surgery
B2Moretemperature
US /ˈtɛmpərəˌtʃʊr,-tʃɚ,ˈtɛmprə-/
UK /ˈtemprətʃə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- When you your body heat is above normal
- How hot or cold something is, e.g. the weather
A2Moretough
US /tʌf/
UK /tʌf/
- Adjective
- (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- Very difficult to do or deal with
- Noun
- A rough and aggressive person.
A2Moretrick
US /trɪk/
UK /trɪk/
- Transitive Verb
- To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of trying to fool someone
- Quick or skillful way of doing something
A2Moreunable
US /ʌnˈebəl/
UK /ʌnˈeɪbl/
- Adjective
- Not being able to do something
B1TOEICMoreuniversal
US /ˌjunəˈvɚsəl/
UK /ˌju:nɪˈvɜ:sl/
- Adjective
- Existing in all places at all times for all people
- Done or experienced by everyone
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Things which apply equally to everyone
- A general term, idea, or concept applicable to many particular things.
A2Morevessel
US /ˈvɛsəl/
UK /ˈvesl/
- Countable Noun
- Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
- A ship or boat; something that carries things
B1TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- on the case: Actively investigating or working on a particular problem or situation.
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
- pen in: To confine or enclose someone or something in a small area.
- feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
- on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- check out
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
- funnier: Being more amusing than
- pen: Small fenced area where people or animals are kept
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- tooth: A sharp points on the edge of a machine or tool
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- sad: Unhappy; wishing something hadn't happened
- dog: Small 4-legged animal that barks kept as a pet
- helping: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
- street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- seventh: 7th
- cooler: More cool than
- unable: Not being able to do something
- temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
- believe: To think or accept that something is true
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- smile: To put up the corners of mouth to show happiness
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
- mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- forcing: To use physical strength or violence to persuade
- recover: To return to a prior normal condition
- happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
- extreme: Very great in degree
- nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
- express: To send something by fast mail
- sadness: Unhappy feeling when something bad happened
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- frown: When you pull your eyebrows together to show anger
- facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
- skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
- smiley: An emoticon of a smiling face
- botox
- loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
- carotid: Of two major arteries supplying blood to head/neck
- chopstick: One of a pair of thin sticks used to eat food with
- cranial: Concerning the cranium which encloses the brain
- artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
- vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
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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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