buckle up
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To fasten one's seatbelt.
- To prepare for a difficult or challenging situation.
criminal
US /ˈkrɪmənəl/
UK /ˈkrɪmɪnl/
- Adjective
- Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
- Not justifiable; shameful
- Noun
- Person who commits a crime
A2Moredress up
US /drɛs ʌp/
UK /dres ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
- To wear formal or fancy clothes.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To wear formal or fancy clothes.
- To make something more attractive or elaborate.
A1Morelight up
US /laɪt ʌp/
UK /lait ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- To ignite a cigarette, cigar, or pipe for smoking.
A1Morepara
US /pɑˈrɑ, ˈpɑrɑ/
UK /'pærə/
- Noun
- Shortened form of paragraph
B1Moresoy
US /sɔɪ/
UK /sɔɪ/
- Noun
- Food substance made from soya beans
C2Moretan
US /tæn/
UK /tæn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A light brown color
- Brown colored skin from being in the sun
- Transitive Verb
- To process leather with a tanning agent
B2Moretire
US /taɪr/
UK /ˈtaɪə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To lose, cause to lose energy so you want to rest
- Countable Noun
- Black rubber part of wheels on a vehicle
- The rubber rings around wheels on cars and trucks
B1More
Vocabulary
- buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
- dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
- light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- tire: To lose, cause to lose energy so you want to rest
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- criminal: Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
- tan: A light brown color
- tu
- de: Of; expressing origin, possession, or separation
- una: A female given name of Irish origin, meaning 'lamb'.
- la: The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
- te: TE is an acronym
- el: An elevated railway, especially in Chicago.
- por: Problem oriented record
- soy: Food substance made from soya beans
- como: A city in Lombardy, Italy, located at the southern tip of Lake Como.
- mi: The syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
- para: Shortened form of paragraph
- este: A European princely dynasty.
- cuando: When; at what time
- del: To remove or erase something, especially digital data.
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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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