Vocabulary
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- in terms of
- on the market: Available for sale.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- have to: Must do
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- by extension: Using a word or phrase in a wider context than is usual, typically to include situations that are similar to the one that the word or phrase was originally used for.
- read through: To read something from beginning to end, often to find mistakes or check details.
- pick out: To choose or select one item from many
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- intuitive sense: An instinctive feeling not based on conscious reasoning.
- except for: Not including; excluding.
- for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
- equal parts: Amounts that are the same in size or quantity.
- start off: To begin or commence something.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
- any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
- test: To be given a medical examination
- listening: To use your ears to hear and understand things
- read: Person's name
- teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
- easy: Not hard to do; not difficult
- ball: Large dance where people dress formally
- tennis: Game played by hitting a ball over a net
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- level: Specific height of something
- idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- shut: To stop being open for business
- broken: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- anymore: No longer; no more
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
- unit: One apartment in a building
- translate: To change something into a different state
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- shocking: To affect someone with an electrical current
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
- accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
- difficulty: Something that is hard to do
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
- shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
- frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- basis: Main ingredient or part of something
- majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
- prediction: A statement of what will happen next
- ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
- extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
- frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
- harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
- decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- shooting: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- simplified: To make something easier to do, use or understand
- simplify: To make something easier to do, use or understand
- simplifying: To make something easier to do, use or understand
- scanning: To look inside of the body with a special machine
- resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
- underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
- grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
- systematic: Done in a thorough, logical or planned way
- placebo: Harmless pill for comparison in trial of new drug
- osmosis: Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal
- paraphrase: Summary of another person's words
- meltdown: Very large disaster, where everything goes wrong
- brainer: A task or problem that requires very little thought or effort to solve; something very easy or obvious.
- intuitive: Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
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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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Grant Trew on TOEIC® (Part 2)
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羅媛蓉 posted on 2013/10/05Struggling with TOEIC Part 2? Grant Trew dives into effective strategies for tackling this tricky listening section, focusing on paraphrase recognition and essential test-taking tips. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and learn how to navigate complex sentences, giving your TOEIC score a serious boost!
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