breeze
US /briz/
UK /bri:z/
- Intransitive Verb
- To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
- Transitive Verb
- To complete something easily; find success
B1Morecruel
US /ˈkruəl/
UK /'kru:əl/
- Adjective
- Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
- Extremely harsh or severe.
B1Moredistant
US /ˈdɪstənt/
UK /'dɪstənt/
- Adjective
- Unfriendly; cold
- Existing or happening far away in place or time
B1Moredistant memory
US
UK
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A memory that is old and not very clear.
B2Moreemotion
US /ɪˈmoʃən/
UK /iˈməuʃən/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
- A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort
A2Moreescape
US /ɪˈskep/
UK /ɪ'skeɪp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- The 'esc key' on a keyboard
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
- To get away from a place where you are being kept
A2Morefine
US /faɪn/
UK /faɪn/
- Adjective
- Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- Of high quality; made with great skill
- Countable Noun
- Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
- (at the end of a piece of music) the end
A2TOEICMorefloat
US /floʊt/
UK /fləʊt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To sell the shares of a company publicly
- To move slowly and easily through air
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Object designed to stay on the surface of water
- Decorated truck used in a festival
B1Morehaunt
US /hɔnt, hɑnt/
UK /hɔ:nt/
- Transitive Verb
- To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
- (Of ghosts, etc.) to stay in a place after death
- Noun
- Place that a person repeatedly goes to or visits
B2Morehide away
US /haɪd əˈwe/
UK /haid əˈwei/
- Phrasal Verb
- To go to a quiet place where nobody will find you, in order to avoid something.
A2Morein time
US /ɪn taɪm/
UK /in taim/
- Adverb
- Eventually; after a period of time.
- Not late; with enough time to spare.
- Phrase
- Eventually; before it is too late.
- According to the scheduled time; punctual.
A1Moreloud
US /laʊd/
UK /laʊd/
- Adjective
- Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
- Making a lot of noise
A2Moremaze
US /mez/
UK /meɪz/
- Noun
- Network of paths you have to make your way through
B2Morememory
US /ˈmɛməri/
UK /'memərɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Ability of the mind to call back past things
- Space for the storage of information on a computer
A2Moremotion
US /ˈmoʃən/
UK /'məʊʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Suggestion at a meeting
- A movement; the process of moving
- Intransitive Verb
- To communicate by moving your head or hand
A2Moreocean
US /ˈoʃən/
UK /'əʊʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Large body of salt water; a large sea
A2Moreohh
US
UK
- Interjection
- Expression showing surprise
C2Moreon the ground
US
UK
- Phrase
- Located on the surface of the earth.
- Present and available in a particular place, especially to deal with a situation.
pillow
US /ˈpɪlo/
UK /'pɪləʊ/
- Countable Noun
- Soft cushion for your head on a bed/while sleeping
- A cushion used as decoration.
- Uncountable Noun
- Something used to provide support or cushioning.
B1Moreshame
US /ʃem/
UK /ʃeɪm/
- Uncountable Noun
- Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- Transitive Verb
- To make someone feel ashamed
A2Moreshout
US /ʃaʊt/
UK /ʃaʊt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To speak very loudly to get attention
- Noun
- Speaking loudly so you get attention
A2Moresuppose
US /səˈpoʊz/
UK /sə'pəʊz/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To imagine or guess what might happen
- Conjunction
- What if
A2TOEICMoretruth
US /truθ/
UK /tru:θ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Real facts about something
A2Moreturn out
US /tɚn aʊt/
UK /tə:n aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- To happen to be in the end
A1Morewanna
US /ˈwɑnə/
UK /'wɒnə/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
B2More
Vocabulary
- on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
- turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- hide away: To go to a quiet place where nobody will find you, in order to avoid something.
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- distant memory: A memory that is old and not very clear.
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- leave: To go away from; depart
- distant: Unfriendly; cold
- pillow: Soft cushion for your head on a bed/while sleeping
- emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- motion: Suggestion at a meeting
- breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- maze: Network of paths you have to make your way through
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- truth: Real facts about something
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
- ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
- ohh: Expression showing surprise
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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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Clean Bandit - Tears ft. Louisa Johnson [Official Video]
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Bruce Chen posted on 2022/12/28Ever felt the sting of heartbreak? This official music video for Clean Bandit's 'Tears' is a fantastic way to practice simple sentence structures while diving into relatable lyrics about moving on. You'll pick up emotional vocabulary and phrases perfect for understanding those tough breakup songs!
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