at the moment
US
UK
- Adverb
- At this time; now
A1Morebalanced
US
UK
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be steady by having equal weight on both sides
- To make two or more things equal
- Adjective
- Being stable having equal weight on both sides
- Keeping or showing a balance; arranged so that things are in proportion or equal distribution.
A2Morebe with
US /bi wɪð/
UK /bi: wið/
- Phrasal Verb
- To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- To support someone's opinion or cause.
A1Moreblood
US /blʌd/
UK /blʌd/
- Uncountable Noun
- Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- Related by birth; family
- Transitive Verb
- To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club
A2Morecrush
US /krʌʃ/
UK /krʌʃ/
- Noun
- Strong attraction to someone
- Transitive Verb
- To break something into small pieces by pressing
- To defeat someone or something (in a game)
B1TOEICMorecut out
US /kʌt aʊt/
UK /kʌt aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
- To cut something from, e.g. a picture from a book
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To stop doing or using something.
- To be naturally suited or fitted for something.
A1Morefine
US /faɪn/
UK /faɪn/
- Adjective
- Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- Of high quality; made with great skill
- Countable Noun
- Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
- (at the end of a piece of music) the end
A2TOEICMorehell
US /hɛl/
UK /hel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Any place of pain and suffering
- A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
A2Moreload
US /lod/
UK /ləʊd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
- A burden; heavy responsibility
- Transitive Verb
- To put in items for use (e.g. bullets in a gun)
A2TOEICMorepatient
US /ˈpeʃənt/
UK /'peɪʃnt/
- Adjective
- Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
- Bearing or enduring pain or trials without complaint; exhibiting forbearance.
- Countable Noun
- Person who receives medical treatment or care
A2Morepour
US /pɔr, por/
UK /pɔ:(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- To make something flow in a steady stream
A2Moresalt
US /sɔlt/
UK /sɔ:lt/
- Uncountable Noun
- Natural white crystal used to flavor food
- Transitive Verb
- To add salt to food in order to improve its taste
- To add salt to ice in order to melt it
A2Moresink
US /sɪŋk/
UK /sɪŋk/
- Transitive Verb
- To push something down into the ground
- To dig (a well)
- Countable Noun
- Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
A2TOEICMoreskinny
US /ˈskɪni/
UK /'skɪnɪ/
- Adjective
- Too thin; very lean
B2Moresplit
US /splɪt/
UK /splɪt/
- Adjective
- No longer married or in a relationship
- (Injured) by cutting it open, as in someone's lip
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To become divided or broken along a straight line
- To cause a cut in (lip, etc.)
A2Morestare
US /stɛr/
UK /steə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To look at someone or something for a long time
- Noun
- A long look at something or someone for a reason
A2Moreveneer
US /vəˈnɪr/
UK /vəˈnɪə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Thin layer stuck on surface to improve appearance
- A superficial or deceptively attractive appearance.
- Transitive Verb
- To cover (something) with a veneer.
C1TOEICMorewaste
US /west/
UK /weɪst/
- Transitive Verb
- To kill or severely harm someone
- To use valuable things ineffectively
- Uncountable Noun
- Materials left over after a process has finished
A2TOEICMorewreck
US /rɛk/
UK /rek/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
- (Informal) one in poor emotional/physical condition
- Transitive Verb
- To ruin something completely
- To destroy a vehicle, building completely
B2More
Vocabulary
- cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
- at the moment: At this time; now
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- sink: To push something down into the ground
- wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
- own: To have something as your property
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- skinny: Too thin; very lean
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- happen: To take place or occur
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- salt: Natural white crystal used to flavor food
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- love: Person's name
- balanced: To be steady by having equal weight on both sides
- veneer: Thin layer stuck on surface to improve appearance
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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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