alarm
US /əˈlɑ:rm/
UK /əˈlɑ:m/
- Noun
- Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- an alarm clock
- Transitive Verb
- To make someone unpleasantly surprised
A2Moreass
US /æs/
UK /æs/
- Noun
- (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
C2Moreback in the day
US
UK
- Phrase
- In the past; in former times.
- Referring to a past time, often with a sense of nostalgia or fondness.
A1Moreback into
US /bæk ˈɪntu/
UK /bæk ˈɪntuː/
- Phrasal Verb
- To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- To accidentally collide with something while moving backwards.
A1Morebout
US /baʊt/
UK /baʊt/
- Countable Noun
- A boxing match
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Period of time spent in a way; period; spell
B2Morebreath
US /brɛθ/
UK /breθ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Air you take in and out of your body
- The smell of someone's breath.
A2Moreburn up
US /bɚn ʌp/
UK /bə:n ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
- To cause someone to become very angry
A1Morecorner
US /ˈkɔrnɚ/
UK /'kɔ:nə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To force into a position impossible to escape from
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place where two lines, sides, corners etc. meet
- Edges of something, e.g. eyes, boxing ring
A2Morecorridor
US /ˈkɔrɪdɚ, -ˌdɔr, ˈkɑr-/
UK /ˈkɒrɪdɔ:(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Passageway between rooms in a buildings
- A strip of land that connects two places.
B1Moreencore
US /ˈɑ:ŋkɔ:(r)/
UK /ˈɒŋkɔ:(r)/
- Noun
- Additional performance demanded by the audience
B2Morefever
US /ˈfivɚ/
UK /'fi:və(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A high body temperature, indicating illness
- State of excited emotion or activity
- Transitive Verb
- To cause to have a fever.
B1Morefore
US /fɔ:r/
UK /fɔ:(r)/
- Adjective
- (In combination) before; in the front part
B2Moregasoline
US /ˈɡæsəˌlin, ˌɡæsəˈlin/
UK /ˈgæsəli:n/
- Uncountable Noun
- Liquid we put in cars to make them run
- The industry related to the production, distribution, and sale of gasoline.
B2TOEICMoregear
US /ɡɪr/
UK /ɡɪə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To aim at or prepare yourself for something
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A speed selector connected to an engine
- Special clothes you use for a purpose
B1Moregrill
US /ɡrɪl/
UK /ɡrɪl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Plate of food that has been grilled
- Metal bars on which food is cooked over fire
- Transitive Verb
- To cook directly over fire on a flat metal bars
- To ask many (difficult) questions for a long time
B1Morehave to
US /hæv tu/
UK /ˈhæv tə/
- Auxiliary Verb
- Must do
A1Morehill
US /hɪl/
UK /hɪl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- High land not as high as a mountain
- Where the road or land goes upward; slope
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
A2Morein the field
US
UK
- Phrase
- Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
- Located on the playing area of a sports ground.
A1Morekitchen
US /ˈkɪtʃən/
UK /ˈkɪtʃɪn/
- Noun
- Place where food is cooked
A2Morelord
US /lɔrd/
UK /lɔ:d/
- Noun
- (Name used to refer to god in some religions)
- Man with power and authority; a nobleman
- Intransitive Verb
- To act as though you can tell people what to do
A2Moremillion dollar
US
UK
- Adjective
- Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
next to
US /nɛkst tu/
UK /nekst tu:/
- Preposition
- Being located along side another
- In comparison with
- Adverb
- Almost; nearly
A1Moreon the floor
US
UK
- Phrase
- Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- Actively participating in dancing or other floor-based activities.
A1Moresex
US /sɛks/
UK /seks/
- Noun
- State of being male or female
- Physical activity by which we produce babies
A2Morestand for
US /stænd fɔr/
UK /stænd fɔ:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
- To represent or symbolize
A1Morestep out
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To go outside for a short time
- To begin a romantic relationship with someone.
A1Morestore
US /stɔr, stor/
UK /stɔ:(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To put things in a place for later use
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place where things are kept for future use
- Place where you can go to buy things
A2TOEICMoresubliminal
US /sʌbˈlɪmənəl/
UK /ˌsʌb'lɪmɪnl/
- Adjective
- Below the threshold of conscious perception
C1Moresweat
US /swɛt/
UK /swet/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To do an amount of hard work
- To be worried or anxious about something
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An amount of hard work
A2Moretemperature
US /ˈtɛmpərəˌtʃʊr,-tʃɚ,ˈtɛmprə-/
UK /ˈtemprətʃə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- When you your body heat is above normal
- How hot or cold something is, e.g. the weather
A2Moreturn over
US /tɚn ˈovɚ/
UK /tə:n ˈəuvə/
- Phrasal Verb
- To lose possession of a ball in sports
- To consider something carefully in your mind
A1More
Vocabulary
- next to: Being located along side another
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- have to: Must do
- million dollar: Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
- step out: To go outside for a short time
- stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
- burn up: To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
- turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
- back in the day: In the past; in former times.
- in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
- gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
- alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
- corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- lord: (Name used to refer to god in some religions)
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- bout: A boxing match
- burn: To destroy with fire
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- subliminal: Below the threshold of conscious perception
- gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
- floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
- hill: High land not as high as a mountain
- encore: Additional performance demanded by the audience
- sex: State of being male or female
- kitchen: Place where food is cooked
- fore: (In combination) before; in the front part
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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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