adulthood
US /'ædʌlthʊd/
UK /'ædʌlthʊd/
- Uncountable Noun
- Time of life when a person is fully grown
- The time when someone has the rights and responsibilities of an adult.
B1Moreadvice
US /əd'vaɪs/
UK /ədˈvaɪs/
- Uncountable Noun
- Suggestion about what would help someone
- Professional guidance from a lawyer or legal expert.
A2TOEICMoreanymore
US /ˌɛniˈmɔr, -ˈmor/
UK /'enɪmɔ:/
- Adverb
- No longer; no more
A2Moreat the end of the day
US
UK
- Phrase
- Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- After a day's work or activities.
A1Morebear
US /bɛr/
UK /bɛː/
- Transitive Verb
- To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
- Countable Noun
- Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
- Someone who expects stock market to fall
A2Morebeauty
US /ˈbjuti/
UK /'bju:tɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something attractive that produces great pleasure
- Physically or visually attractive person
A2Morebring to
US /brɪŋ tu/
UK /briŋ tu:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To make someone to wake up from being unconscious
A1Morecombination
US /ˌkɑmbəˈneʃən/
UK /ˌkɒmbɪ'neɪʃn/
- Noun
- Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- Act or result of mixing things together
B1Morecute
US /kjut/
UK /kju:t/
- Adjective
- Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
B2Morecycle
US /ˈsaɪkəl/
UK /ˈsaɪkl/
- Noun
- Series of regular and repeated actions
- Bicycle, bike
- Intransitive Verb
- To go through a series of events repeatedly
- To ride on a bicycle
A2Moreescape
US /ɪˈskep/
UK /ɪ'skeɪp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- The 'esc key' on a keyboard
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
- To get away from a place where you are being kept
A2Morefeel happy
US
UK
- Intransitive Verb
- To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
A1Morefocus
US /ˈfokəs/
UK /'fəʊkəs/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- To keep your attention, concentration on one thing
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Main purpose or center of interest or activity
- The clarity of an image produced by a lens.
A2TOEICMorehave to
US /hæv tu/
UK /ˈhæv tə/
- Auxiliary Verb
- Must do
A1Moreinvolve
US /ɪnˈvɑlv/
UK /ɪn'vɒlv/
- Transitive Verb
- To have or be included as a part of something
- To cause (a person or group) to take part in an event or activity.
A2TOEICMoremess
US /mɛs/
UK /mes/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- A difficult or confused situation.
- Transitive Verb
- To make something untidy or dirty
A2Moreounce
US /aʊns/
UK /aʊns/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
- (Often in negative) very small amount of something
B2Morepressure
US /ˈprɛʃɚ/
UK /'preʃə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- Force, weight when pressing against a thing
- Transitive Verb
- To apply force to something
- To persuade or force someone to do something
A2TOEICMorespend
US /spɛnd/
UK /spend/
- Transitive Verb
- To use money to pay for something
- To use time in order to do something
A2TOEICMoresuper
US /ˈsupɚ/
UK /ˈsu:pə(r)/
- Adjective
- Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
A2Moresurround
US /səˈraʊnd/
UK /səˈraʊnd/
- Transitive Verb
- To be all the way around something
- To be closely connected to and have an effect on
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be closely connected to and have an effect on
A2Moreto do with
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To be about something; concern
A1Morevalidation
US /ˌvælɪ'deɪʃn/
UK /ˌvælɪ'deɪʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of finding or testing the truth of something
- In computer science, the process of ensuring that data meets certain criteria before it is processed.
B2Morewomb
US /wum/
UK /wu:m/
- Noun
- Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
B2Morewrap
US /ræp/
UK /ræp/
- Countable Noun
- Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- Thin bread filled with food and rolled
- Transitive Verb
- To be or move around something
- To cover something with paper or a cloth e.g. gift
B1More
Vocabulary
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- have to: Must do
- bring to: To make someone to wake up from being unconscious
- at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- ounce: Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- surround: To be all the way around something
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
- person: Man, woman or child
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
- anymore: No longer; no more
- beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
- super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
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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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What It Means To Be Pretty
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Rong Chiang posted on 2022/08/01Ever feel the pressure to look a certain way? This video dives into the "Pressure of Pretty" and how media influences our body image, sharing a personal testimony about finding beauty within. You'll pick up simple sentence structures and practical phrases for discussing self-esteem and inner beauty!
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