affect
US /əˈfɛkt/
UK /ə'fekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause a change in something else
- To pretend to have or feel (something).
- Noun
- (Psychology) Emotion or feeling.
A2TOEICMoreapologizing
US
UK
- Intransitive Verb
- To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
B1Moreartistic
US /ɑ:rˈtɪstɪk/
UK /ɑ:ˈtɪstɪk/
- Adjective
- Being able to paint, write music, etc.; creative
A2Moreaxis
US /ˈæksɪs/
UK /ˈæksɪs/
- Noun
- A line about which a rotating body turns
B1Morebee
US /bi/
UK /bi:/
- Noun
- Gathering to perform activities and tasks together
- Black and yellow insect that makes honey
B1Morebranch
US /bræntʃ/
UK /brɑ:ntʃ/
- Noun
- Part of a family related to the same members
- Part of organization with a specific function
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To separate away from the main part
- To extend in a new direction; diverge.
A2TOEICMorebright
US /braɪt/
UK /braɪt/
- Adjective
- Cheerful and happy (manner)
- (Of color) light and easy to see; vivid
A2Morebrush
US /brʌʃ/
UK /brʌʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
- To clean, paint, or apply something with a brush
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Quick and gentle movement
- Thing with hairs used to apply paint, etc.
A2Moreconquest
US /ˈkɑ:ŋkwest/
UK /ˈkɒŋkwest/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Land or a nation won or taken by force, an army
B2Morecrazy
US /ˈkrezi/
UK /'kreɪzɪ/
- Adjective
- Mentally ill; mad
- Not being sensible or practical
- Noun
- Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd
A2Morecream
US /krim/
UK /kri:m/
- Adjective
- Pale color that is yellowish white
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Type of a thick beauty product used on the skin
- Thick liquid rubbed into the skin
B1Moredew
US /du:/
UK /dju:/
- Uncountable Noun
- Drops of water forming on cool surfaces at night
B2Moreegg
US /ɛɡ/
UK /eg/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Hard-shelled thing from which a young bird is born
A2Morefellow
US /ˈfɛlo/
UK /'feləʊ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Man or a boy
- Student paid to study and teach after college
- Adjective
- Being of the same kind
- Sharing a particular activity, situation, or characteristic.
A2TOEICMoregain
US /ɡen/
UK /ɡeɪn/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To increase in something, such as weight
- To get something wanted, needed or valued
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An increase in something, such as weight
A2TOEICMoregoose
US /ɡus/
UK /gu:s/
- Countable Noun
- Large water bird related to a duck
- Someone you think is silly or foolish
- Transitive Verb
- To touch someone on their bottom
B2Moregun
US /ɡʌn/
UK /ɡʌn/
- Transitive Verb
- To suddenly make an engine run faster
- Countable Noun
- Weapon which fires bullets down a tube
A2Morehonorable
US /ˈɑnərəbəl/
UK /'ɒnərəbl/
- Adjective
- Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive
- Worthy of honor; respectable.
B2Morehorse
US /hɔ:rs/
UK /hɔ:s/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
- Stand or frame used to support something
- Intransitive Verb
- To fool around stupidly
A2Moremock
US /mɑk/
UK /mɒk/
- Transitive Verb
- To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- Adjective
- Not genuine or real, but attempting to appear so
B1Morenaught
US /nɔt/
UK /nɔ:t/
- Uncountable Noun
- Quantity of no importance, nonexistence
B2Moreoccur
US /əˈkɚ/
UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To come to pass or to happen
- To be found to exist; to be present.
A2TOEICMorepartner
US /ˈpɑrtnɚ/
UK /'pɑ:tnə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- One you have a business/personal relationship with
- Someone you have personal relationship with
- Intransitive Verb
- To join with others for work or other activity
A2Morepeace
US /pis/
UK /pi:s/
- Uncountable Noun
- Calm and quiet state
- Time when there is no war or fighting
A2TOEICMorepride
US /praɪd/
UK /praɪd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Sense of your own importance and worth
- A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you or people connected with you have done something well.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be proud of something you did
A2Moresap
US /sæp/
UK /sæp/
- Countable Noun
- Foolish person who is easy to trick
- Uncountable Noun
- Liquid inside a plant that carries its foods
B2Moreseemingly
US /ˈsiːmɪŋli/
UK /ˈsi:mɪŋli/
- Adverb
- Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
B1Moreshoe
US /ʃu/
UK /ʃu:/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Outer covering for the foot, often made of leather
- Piece of metal nailed under a horse's foot
- Transitive Verb
- To put a metal ring on a horse's foot
A2Moresight
US /saɪt/
UK /saɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
- To see something rare or unusual
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Things or people that one can see
- Range or distance that someone can see
A2TOEICMoresilly
US /ˈsɪli/
UK /'sɪlɪ/
- Adjective
- Careless
- Acting funny or playfully
A2Moresmart
US /smɑ:rt/
UK /smɑ:t/
- Adjective
- Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- Looking clean, neat and stylish
- Intransitive Verb
- To feel hurt or upset
- To hurt with an unexpected sharp or burning pain
A2TOEICMoresneak
US /snik/
UK /sni:k/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To move around in a way so no one will see you
- To take something somewhere/give secretly
- Intransitive Verb
- To move around in such a way no one will see you
B2Morespread
US /sprɛd/
UK /spred/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- The distance between two things
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To place over a large area; to cover a large area
- (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
A2TOEICMorestraight
US /stret/
UK /streɪt/
- Adjective
- Not having curves, bends, or angles
- Not gay; heterosexual
- Adverb
- in a line; immediately; honestly and directly
- In a straight line; directly.
A2TOEICMorestuff
US /stʌf/
UK /stʌf/
- Uncountable Noun
- Generic description for things, materials, objects
- Transitive Verb
- To push material inside something, with force
B1Moreunimportant
US /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔ:rtnt/
UK /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔ:tnt/
- Adjective
- Not having a major effect; not important
B1Morewar
US /wɔr/
UK /wɔ:(r)/
- Noun
- Situation where armies fight each other
A2Morewhip
US /hwɪp, wɪp/
UK /wɪp/
- Transitive Verb
- To defeat thoroughly or easily
- To beat with a type of long rope
- Countable Noun
- A long rope used to hit people or animals
B1More
Vocabulary
- dear: Loved or valued very much
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- unimportant: Not having a major effect; not important
- soup: Fairly liquid food made by boiling ingredients
- shoe: Outer covering for the foot, often made of leather
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- stop: To block or close something
- egg: Hard-shelled thing from which a young bird is born
- cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
- march: To force someone to walk somewhere
- horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- end: The point where a process or activity stops
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
- pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
- war: Situation where armies fight each other
- partner: One you have a business/personal relationship with
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
- west: Person's name
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- peace: Calm and quiet state
- bee: Gathering to perform activities and tasks together
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- branch: Part of a family related to the same members
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- silly: Careless
- gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
- sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
- smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- artistic: Being able to paint, write music, etc.; creative
- honorable: Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive
- spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- fellow: Man or a boy
- seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
- sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
- heil: A greeting or salutation, especially one expressing praise or allegiance.
- sap: Foolish person who is easy to trick
- gullible: Easily deceived; believing whatever they tell you
- goose: Large water bird related to a duck
- axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
- naught: Quantity of no importance, nonexistence
- kiddo: A term of endearment, especially for a child.
- ist: IST is an acronym
- whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
- apologizing: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
- destine: Decree or designate beforehand
- dicken: A euphemism for 'devil', used in mild oaths or exclamations.
- conquest: Land or a nation won or taken by force, an army
- dew: Drops of water forming on cool surfaces at night
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
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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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