adjust
US /əˈdʒʌst/
UK /əˈdʒʌst/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To change; to attain a desired state or function
- To change so as to fit in with new conditions
A2TOEICMoreapartment
US /əˈpɑ:rtmənt/
UK /əˈpɑ:tmənt/
- Countable Noun
- Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
A2TOEICMorebaby
US /ˈbeɪbi/
UK /ˈbeɪbi/
- Countable Noun
- A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- Transitive Verb
- To treat someone as if they were newly born
A2Morecall for
US /kɔl fɔr/
UK /kɔ:l fɔ:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
- To come to someone's house to take them somewhere
A1Morecalm
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
A2Moreexpire
US /ɪkˈspaɪr/
UK /ɪk'spaɪə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To breathe out
- To die
B2TOEICMoregamer
US
UK
- Countable Noun
- Person playing a game to a set of rules
C2Moregarden
US /ˈgɑ:rdn/
UK /ˈgɑ:dn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
- Public park in which visitors can see flowers
- Intransitive Verb
- To work in a yard to grow plants, vegetables
A2Moregoofy
US /ˈɡufi/
UK /'ɡu:fɪ/
- Adjective
- Silly or stupid; crazy
C1Moreinsecticide
US /ɪnˈsɛktɪˌsaɪd/
UK /ɪn'sektɪsaɪd/
- Noun
- Chemical substance used for killing insects
C1Morejudgment
US /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
UK /'dʒʌdʒmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Opinion that is made after careful consideration
- Official court decision given by judge
A2Morelaziness
US / ˈlezɪnɪs/
UK /'leɪzɪnəs/
- Uncountable Noun
- Relaxed and inactive manner
A2Moreleper
US /'lepər/
UK /ˈlepə(r)/
- Noun
- Person who carries the leprosy disease
C1Moremouse
US /maʊs/
UK /maʊs/
- Countable Noun
- Small animal that has fur and a long tail
- Noun
- Computer device to control movement on a screen
- Quiet, shy person
A2Moreon fire
US /ɑn faɪr/
UK /ɔn ˈfaiə/
- Adjective
- Very successful or popular
- Burning
A2Moreover to
US
UK
- Preposition
- Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- The responsibility is now yours
psyche
US /ˈsaɪki/
UK /ˈsaɪki/
- Noun
- Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
C2Morepsychic
US /ˈsaɪkɪk/
UK /ˈsaɪkɪk/
- Adjective
- Concerning the mind and its workings
- One said to have extraordinary mental powers
B2Moreremain
US /rɪˈmen/
UK /rɪˈmeɪn/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be left behind; to continue to exist
- To stay in a place when other people have gone
A2TOEICMorerobotic
US /roʊˈbɑ:tɪk/
UK /rəʊˈbɒtɪk/
- Adjective
- Concerning mechanical robots
B1Moreselect
US /sɪˈlɛkt/
UK /sɪ'lekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To choose a suitable thing from a group
- To retrieve data from a database using a query.
- Adjective
- Carefully chosen as being the best or most suitable.
A2TOEICMoresmoke
US /smoʊk/
UK /sməʊk/
- Intransitive Verb
- To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- Uncountable Noun
- Grey gas from fires and cigarettes
- Fog of air coming from e.g. a cigarette, fire
B1Moresoy
US /sɔɪ/
UK /sɔɪ/
- Noun
- Food substance made from soya beans
C2Morestake
US /stek/
UK /steɪk/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
- Money bet in a game that can be won or lost
- Transitive Verb
- To bet or wager on an outcome
- To risk something important by taking a risk
B1TOEICMoreunderground
US /ˈʌndərgraʊnd/
UK /ˈʌndəgraʊnd/
- Adjective
- (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
- Secret or subversive.
- Noun
- Secret group organized to overthrow a government
- Subway system, e.g. in London
B1Moreuniform
US /ˈju:nɪfɔ:rm/
UK /ˈju:nɪfɔ:m/
- Noun
- Set of clothes showing you belong to an army, etc.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To dress in formal clothes like the army wear
- To make a group of things the same
A2Morevariability
US /ˌvɛrɪəˈbɪlətɪ/
UK /ˌveəriəˈbɪləti/
- Uncountable Noun
- (Statistics) degree scores depart from the mean
B1Morewake up
US /wek ʌp/
UK /weik ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To stop sleeping
- To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
A1Morewar
US /wɔr/
UK /wɔ:(r)/
- Noun
- Situation where armies fight each other
A2More
Vocabulary
- on fire: Very successful or popular
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- expire: To breathe out
- adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- judgment: Opinion that is made after careful consideration
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- goofy: Silly or stupid; crazy
- be: Being
- apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
- psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
- uniform: Set of clothes showing you belong to an army, etc.
- come: To arrive at a place
- insecticide: Chemical substance used for killing insects
- soy: Food substance made from soya beans
- select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
- close: Almost; near
- psychic: Concerning the mind and its workings
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
- call: A order or request for action
- underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
- save: To make your computer keep a file
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- laziness: Relaxed and inactive manner
- try: To make an effort, to attempt to do something
- war: Situation where armies fight each other
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- seat: To have seats available for a number of people
- robotic: Concerning mechanical robots
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- variability: (Statistics) degree scores depart from the mean
- garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
- ready: Being likely or about to do something
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- mouse: Small animal that has fur and a long tail
- leper: Person who carries the leprosy disease
- gamer: Person playing a game to a set of rules
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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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