admire
US /ædˈmaɪr/
UK /əd'maɪə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To feel respect or wonder toward someone
A2Moreamazingly
US /ə'meɪzɪŋlɪ/
UK /ə'meɪzɪŋlɪ/
- Adverb
- In a surprising and pleasing manner
B1Morecelebration
US /ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn/
UK /ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Party, event where people rejoice over something
A2Morecorner
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
A2Moregenerous
US /ˈdʒɛnərəs/
UK /ˈdʒenərəs/
- Adjective
- Giving or ready to give freely
- (Of an amount) larger than usual; lavish
A2TOEICMoreheartbreaking
US /ˈhɑrtˌbrekɪŋ/
UK /'hɑ:tbreɪkɪŋ/
- Adjective
- Causing or marked by grief or great sorrow
C1Morein the world
US /ɪn ði wɜrld/
UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/
- Phrase
- Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
A1Morelook at
US /lʊk æt/
UK /luk æt/
- Phrasal Verb
- To use your eyes to focus on something
- To focus your eyes on something carefully
A1Moremotor
US /ˈmotɚ/
UK /ˈməʊtə(r)/
- Adjective
- Concerning cars and vehicles
- Concerned with or involving movement of muscles
- Noun
- An engine that drives a car, train etc.
A2Moremovement
US /ˈmuvmənt/
UK /ˈmu:vmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Part of a piece of classical music
- Group with a shared interest or goal
A2Moreportrait
US /ˈpɔrtrɪt,-ˌtret,ˈpor-/
UK /ˈpɔ:trit/
- Noun
- Picture of a person's head and shoulders
- Detailed representation of someone in film, etc.
- Adjective
- A format in which the height is greater than the width.
- Relating to a photograph, painting, drawing, or engraving of a person.
B1Morepotential
US /pəˈtɛnʃəl/
UK /pəˈtenʃl/
- Adjective
- Capable of happening or becoming reality
- Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.
- Uncountable Noun
- someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
A2TOEICMoreprogress
US /ˈprɑɡˌrɛs, -rəs, ˈproˌɡrɛs/
UK /'prəʊɡres/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To move forward or toward a place or goal
- To make progress; develop or improve.
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of moving forward
- The process of improving or developing something over a period of time.
A2TOEICMoreproof
US /pruf/
UK /pru:f/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of showing that something exists or is true
- Special coating that protects something
- Transitive Verb
- To read a written work to check for mistakes
- To protect by painting on a special coating
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.
A2Morevulnerable
US /ˈvʌlnərəbəl/
UK /ˈvʌlnərəbl/
- Adjective
- Being open to attack or damage
- Being easily harmed, hurt, or wounded
B1More
Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
- portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
- generous: Giving or ready to give freely
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- person: Man, woman or child
- corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- motor: Concerning cars and vehicles
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- celebration: Party, event where people rejoice over something
- amazingly: In a surprising and pleasing manner
- heartbreaking: Causing or marked by grief or great sorrow
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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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