aim
US /em/
UK /eɪm/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of pointing something at a target
- Purpose or goal
- Transitive Verb
- To point something at a target
- To intend to get a thing or for a thing to happen
A2TOEICMorebend
US /bɛnd/
UK /bend/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To become curved or no longer straight
- To move your body so that it is not straight up
- Noun
- When a road changes direction; turn
A2Morebending over backwards
US
UK
- Idiom
- To try very hard to help someone, often to an excessive degree.
B2Morebet
US /bet/
UK /bet/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- Used to express certainty or confidence
- Countable Noun
- Act of gambling money on the result of a race etc.
A2Morebreath
US /brɛθ/
UK /breθ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Air you take in and out of your body
- The smell of someone's breath.
A2Morechill
US /tʃɪl/
UK /tʃɪl/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of being a little cold
- Feeling of fear or being frightened
- Transitive Verb
- To make something cold, e.g. a drink
B1Morecomplicate
US /ˈkɑ:mplɪkeɪt/
UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make more difficult to do, understand or use
B1Moredivine
US /dɪˈvaɪn/
UK /dɪ'vaɪn/
- Adjective
- Concerning or coming from God or a god
- Being very good or wonderful
- Intransitive Verb
- To predict through feeling and without reason
B1Morefate
US /fet/
UK /feɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- Power that determines what happens; destiny
B1Morehesitate
US /'hezɪteɪt/
UK /'hezɪteɪt/
- Intransitive Verb
- To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
B1TOEICMoreintervention
US /ˌɪntə'venʃn/
UK /ˌɪntə'venʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
- The use of military force by a country in another country's internal affairs.
B1Moremelt
US /mɛlt/
UK /melt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To disappear or to go away
- To make, become soft or liquid due to heat
- Uncountable Noun
- A mass of material that has been melted, especially metal.
B1Moremirror
US /ˈmɪrɚ/
UK /'mɪrə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
- An accurate impression or picture of something
- Transitive Verb
- To reflect (an image)
- To have similar qualities to something else
A2Morepeaceful
US /ˈpisfəl/
UK /ˈpi:sfl/
- Adjective
- In a calm and quiet state
- Being unlikely or unwilling to act violently
B1Morereckon
US /ˈrɛkən/
UK /ˈrekən/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To believe or expect that something is true
A2Morerid
US /rɪd/
UK /rɪd/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- Adjective
- Freed or delivered from something.
A2Morespend
US /spɛnd/
UK /spend/
- Transitive Verb
- To use money to pay for something
- To use time in order to do something
A2TOEICMoretongue
US /tʌŋ/
UK /tʌŋ/
- Noun
- Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
- Transitive Verb
- To using your mouth to produce musical notes
- To use your mouth to touch something
A2Moreturn to
US /tɚn tu/
UK /tə:n tu:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- To start doing or using something, often something bad or undesirable.
A1Morevirtue
US /ˈvɜ:rtʃu:/
UK /'vɜ:tʃu:/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
- Morally good quality
B1Moreway too long
US
UK
- Phrase
- Excessively long in duration; much longer than necessary or desired.
- An expression indicating that a period of time has been excessively extended since a particular event.
A2More
Vocabulary
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- way too long: Excessively long in duration; much longer than necessary or desired.
- bending over backwards: To try very hard to help someone, often to an excessive degree.
- love: Person's name
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- glass: Clear hard container used for drinking
- sing: To make musical sounds with your voice
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- hot: Angry or excited
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- checking: To confirm the details of something are correct
- mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
- cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- bend: To become curved or no longer straight
- reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
- melt: To disappear or to go away
- chill: State of being a little cold
- virtue: Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
- intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
- divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
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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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