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
A2TOEICMorebeat
US /bit/
UK /bi:t/
- Intransitive Verb
- To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- Transitive Verb
- To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
- To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
A2Morebend
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.
A2Morecomplicate
US /ˈkɑ:mplɪkeɪt/
UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make more difficult to do, understand or use
B1Morecool down
US /kul daʊn/
UK /ku:l daun/
- Phrasal Verb
- To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
- To become calm and relaxed after being angry or excited.
- Intransitive Verb
- To perform light exercises after a more intense workout to gradually decrease heart rate and breathing.
A2Moredivine
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
B1Moreforsake
US /fɔrˈsek, fə-/
UK /fə'seɪk/
- Transitive Verb
- To leave (even though you should not); give up
C1TOEICMorehesitate
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.
B1Morelook into
US /lʊk ˈɪntu/
UK /luk ˈɪntuː/
- Phrasal Verb
- To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
A1Moremelt
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
A2Morereckon
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.
A2Moresky
US /skaɪ/
UK /skaɪ/
- Noun
- The place where we see clouds above us
A2Morespending
US /ˈspɛndɪŋ/
UK /ˈspendɪŋ/
- Gerund
- To use money to pay for something
- To use time in order to do something
A2Moretongue
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
- look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
- cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
- 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.
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- virtue: Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
- intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
- reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- bend: To become curved or no longer straight
- mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- melt: To disappear or to go away
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- spending: To use money to pay for something
- forsake: To leave (even though you should not); give up
- sky: The place where we see clouds above us
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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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