complicate
US /ˈkɑ:mplɪkeɪt/
UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make more difficult to do, understand or use
B1Moredestiny
US /ˈdɛstəni/
UK /'destənɪ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Someone's future; the power that governs this
B1Moredime
US /daɪm/
UK /daɪm/
- Countable Noun
- Coin worth 10 US cents
B2Morefulfill
US /fʊlˈfɪl/
UK /fʊl'fɪl/
- Transitive Verb
- To finish or provide something successfully
- To make real, to bring into effect
B2TOEICMoregive up
US /ɡɪv ʌp/
UK /ɡiv ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To lose hope or admit defeat
- To decide to not start to try solving a problem
A1Morehistory
US /ˈhɪstəri/
UK /'hɪstrɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Established pattern or record
- Study of past events as an academic subject
A2Morelegacy
US /ˈlɛɡəsi/
UK /'leɡəsɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
- Something left or given by a person who has died
- Adjective
- Relating to old or outdated computer systems or software.
B2TOEICMorelight up
US /laɪt ʌp/
UK /lait ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- To ignite a cigarette, cigar, or pipe for smoking.
A1Moremake a killing
US /mek e ˈkɪlɪŋ/
UK /meik ə ˈkɪlɪŋ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To make a large profit very quickly and easily.
B1Moremama
US /ˈmɑmə/
UK /'mæmə/
- Noun
- A mother
B2Moremanifest
US /ˈmænəˌfɛst/
UK /'mænɪfest/
- Countable Noun
- List of cargo on a ship
- Transitive Verb
- To express or show clearly
- Display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.
B1TOEICMoremuseum
US /mjuˈziəm/
UK /mjuˈzi:əm/
- Countable Noun
- Building to display art/science/history objects
A2Moreon the rise
US /ɑn ði raɪz/
UK /ɔn ðə raiz/
- Adjective
- Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
- Becoming more successful in a career or field.
- Phrase
- Increasing in popularity.
A1Moreprophecy
US /ˈprɑfɪsi/
UK /'prɒfəsɪ/
- Noun
- Statement that something will happen in the future
B2Morerewrite
US /riˈraɪt/
UK /ˌri:'raɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To write again to improve, or correct errors
A2Moreshoot
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
A2Moresight
US /saɪt/
UK /saɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
- To see something rare or unusual
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Things or people that one can see
- Range or distance that someone can see
A2TOEICMorestay up
US /ste ʌp/
UK /stei ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To not go to bed until late
A1Morestranger
US /ˈstrendʒɚ/
UK /'streɪndʒə(r)/
- Noun
- Someone you do not know
A2Moretie
US /taɪ/
UK /taɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To attach things (together) with a string or rope
- To require someone to be in a specific place
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Item, such as string or wire, used to join things
- Strong connection between people, countries
A2TOEICMoreuphill
US /ˈʌpˌhɪl/
UK /ˌʌpˈhɪl/
- Adjective
- From lower ground to higher ground
C2Morevision
US /ˈvɪʒən/
UK /'vɪʒn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Ability to see; eyesight
- Something you see in your imagination or dreams
A2Moreweird
US /wɪrd/
UK /wɪəd/
- Adjective
- Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- Eerily strange or disturbing.
B1Morewildest dreams
US
UK
- Phrase
- The most imaginative or unrealistic hopes or aspirations.
A2More
Vocabulary
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- make a killing: To make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
- stay up: To not go to bed until late
- light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- wildest dreams: The most imaginative or unrealistic hopes or aspirations.
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- manifest: List of cargo on a ship
- legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
- prophecy: Statement that something will happen in the future
- vision: Ability to see; eyesight
- fulfill: To finish or provide something successfully
- destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- stranger: Someone you do not know
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- great: Very good; better than before
- tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
- dime: Coin worth 10 US cents
- burn: To destroy with fire
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- live: To be alive
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- history: Established pattern or record
- museum: Building to display art/science/history objects
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- uphill: From lower ground to higher ground
- love: Person's name
- rewrite: To write again to improve, or correct errors
- mama: A mother
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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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