calm
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
A2Morecome up
US /kʌm ʌp/
UK /kʌm ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To come closer to someone; approach
- (Of sun) to rise into the sky in the morning
A1Morehang on
US /hæŋ ɑn/
UK /hæŋ ɔn/
- Phrasal Verb
- To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- To persevere or persist, especially in a difficult situation.
A2Morenurse
US /nɜ:rs/
UK /nɜ:s/
- Countable Noun
- Person trained to care for sick or injured people
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To care for and look after someone who is sick
- To keep holding a bad feeling about someone
A2TOEICMorepenis
US /ˈpinɪs/
UK /'pi:nɪs/
- Noun
- Male organ for copulation and urination
- (vulgar slang) The male sexual organ.
C2Morepunch
US /pʌntʃ/
UK /pʌntʃ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
- Transitive Verb
- To hit something very hard with a closed hand
- To make a hole in something with a special tool
B1Morerobot
US /ˈroʊbɑ:t/
UK /ˈrəʊbɒt/
- Countable Noun
- Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- A person who acts in a mechanical or unemotional way.
B1Moreslip
US /slɪp/
UK /slɪp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- A field position in cricket
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To begin to fall as a result of losing balance
- To escape or become free from something
B1TOEICMorethink about
US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/
UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To consider something carefully.
- To remember or call to mind.
A1More
Vocabulary
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
- arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
- penis: Male organ for copulation and urination
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- pulling: To breathe in smoke, as from a pipe
- nurse: Person trained to care for sick or injured people
- tree: Tall green plants in a forest
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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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VoiceTube posted on 2016/07/14Get ready for some hilarious cringe comedy with Howard Wolowitz and his infamous robot hand from The Big Bang Theory! You'll pick up on simple sentence structures and situational dialogue as you watch this classic sitcom moment unfold.
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