attention
US /əˈtɛnʃən/
UK /əˈtenʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Taking notice of someone or something
- Noun
- (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
A2TOEICMorebaseball
US /ˈbesˌbɔl/
UK /'beɪsbɔ:l/
- Countable Noun
- Small ball used in the game of baseball
- Two teams of nine players hit a ball to score runs
A2Morehang
US /hæŋ/
UK /hæŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
- Intransitive Verb
- To float, move softly, or remain in the air
- To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear
A2Morehang 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.
A2Moreimpress
US /ɪmˈprɛs/
UK /ɪm'pres/
- Transitive Verb
- To make an emotional impact upon
- To press into a soft material to make a pattern
- Noun
- A mark or design made by stamping.
A2TOEICMoreimpression
US /ɪmˈprɛʃən/
UK /ɪmˈpreʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
- Act of pressing into a material to make a pattern
B1TOEICMoreintroduction
US /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/
UK /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A first experience with something
- Opening part of a text or piece of music
A2TOEICMoreput together
US /pʊt təˈɡɛðɚ/
UK /put təˈɡeðə/
- Phrasal Verb
- To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
- To organize or arrange something.
A1Morereview
US / rɪˈvju/
UK /rɪˈvju:/
- Transitive Verb
- To carefully look at the quality of something
- To formally examine something in the military
- Noun
- Examination of soldiers and supplies
- Opinion, as in a paper, about movie, book, or play
A2TOEICMoreshy
US /ʃaɪ/
UK /ʃaɪ/
- Adjective
- Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
- Being less than the full or expected amount
- Intransitive Verb
- To move away due to nervousness
A2Morespeech
US /spitʃ/
UK /spi:tʃ/
- Uncountable Noun
- A formal talk to an audience
- Expression of ideas or opinions by talking
A2TOEICMorevideo
US /ˈvɪdiˌo/
UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Recording capturing action with sound
- A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
- Transitive Verb
- To make a moving film of, with sound
- To make a video call.
A2Morewonderful
US /'wʌndərfl/
UK /ˈwʌndəfl/
- Adjective
- Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
A2More
Vocabulary
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
- friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
- read: Person's name
- father: A male parent
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- window: Opening in a wall or door to let in light
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- sleep: To have enough beds for
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- baseball: Small ball used in the game of baseball
- jump: To attack someone suddenly
- cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
- bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
- song: Distinctive series of sounds made by a bird
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- shy: Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- review: To carefully look at the quality of something
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- introduction: A first experience with something
- impress: To make an emotional impact upon
- impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
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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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