career
US /kəˈrɪr/
UK /kə'rɪə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Particular occupation in professional life
- The course of a person's life, especially in a particular pursuit or profession.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To move forward very fast and without control
- To advance or make progress rapidly
A2Moredecoy
US /ˈdiˌkɔɪ, dɪˈkɔɪ/
UK /ˈdi:kɔɪ/
- Noun
- Thing used to trap someone by distracting them
B2Morefictional
US / ˈfɪkʃənl:/
UK /ˈfɪkʃənl/
- Adjective
- Including people and events that are not real
B1Morefilm
US /fɪlm/
UK /fɪlm/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Thin layer that covers something
- Movie
- Transitive Verb
- To record moving action with a camera
A2Moreincredible
US /ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl/
UK /ɪnˈkredəbl/
- Adjective
- Very good; amazing
- Really good; amazing; great
A2TOEICMoreincredibly
US /ɪnˈkrɛdəblɪ/
UK /ɪnˈkredəbli/
- Adverb
- To a great degree; very; amazingly
- Extremely; so much so it is hard to believe
A2Moreinstead of
US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/
UK /inˈsted ɔv/
- Preposition
- When one thing is replaced by another
- Adverb
- As a substitute or alternative.
A1Moremuch about
US /mʌtʃ əˈbaʊt/
UK /mʌtʃ əˈbaut/
- Phrase
- A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
- To a great extent or degree regarding something; caring.
A1Morenext to
US /nɛkst tu/
UK /nekst tu:/
- Preposition
- Being located along side another
- In comparison with
- Adverb
- Almost; nearly
A1Moreprincess
US /ˈprɪnsɪs, -ˌsɛs, prɪnˈsɛs/
UK /ˌprɪnˈses/
- Countable Noun
- Daughter of a king and queen
A2Morescript
US /skrɪpt/
UK /skrɪpt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
- Set of letters or characters of a written language
- Transitive Verb
- To write a text for a movie, play or speech
B1Moreshoot
US /ʃut/
UK /ʃu:t/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- Countable Noun
- Emerging new part of a plant
A2Moreshot
US /ʃɑt/
UK /ʃɒt/
- Transitive Verb
- To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
- Countable Noun
- An attempt to kick or throw a ball at a goal
A2Moreshove
US /ʃʌv/
UK /ʃʌv/
- Transitive Verb
- To roughly push someone or something away
- Noun
- Rough push on something or someone
B2Morestretch
US /strɛtʃ/
UK /stretʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- To make something bigger by pulling on it
- Noun
- Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
- A consecutive row of things
A2TOEICMoreversion
US /ˈvɚʒən, -ʃən/
UK /ˈvə:ʃən/
- Noun
- Different way that someone interprets something
- New or different form of something
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- next to: Being located along side another
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- incredible: Very good; amazing
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- shove: To roughly push someone or something away
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- fictional: Including people and events that are not real
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
- princess: Daughter of a king and queen
- decoy: Thing used to trap someone by distracting them
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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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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY's Star Wars Secrets as Natalie Portman's Double - The Graham Norton Show BBC AMERICA
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jenny posted on 2018/01/19Did you know Keira Knightley was Natalie Portman's double in Star Wars? You'll hear all about this amazing behind-the-scenes secret and other fun film trivia in this candid interview! It's a fantastic chance to practice understanding simple sentence structures and everyday dialogue.
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