afford
US /əˈfɔrd, əˈford/
UK /ə'fɔ:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To make available, to provide
- To have enough money to pay for something
A2TOEICMoreannual
US /ˈænjuəl/
UK /ˈænjuəl/
- Adjective
- Happening once a year, or every year
- Noun
- Book (in a series) released each year
A2TOEICMorecourageous
US /kəˈredʒəs/
UK /kəˈreɪdʒəs/
- Adjective
- Able to face danger without fear
A2Moredeath
US /dɛθ/
UK /deθ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- When someone dies; the end of life
- The cause or manner of someone dying.
A2Morehonor
US /ˈɑnɚ/
UK /'ɒnə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To fulfill an agreement
- To give an award to someone
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Award you get for doing well; prize, title, etc.
- Chance to do something special; privilege
B2TOEICMoreimpression
US /ɪmˈprɛʃən/
UK /ɪmˈpreʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
- Act of pressing into a material to make a pattern
B1TOEICMoreoffer up
US /ˈɔfɚ ʌp/
UK /ˈɔfə ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To present something, especially to God, as a sacrifice or offering.
- To present or suggest something for consideration.
A1Morerepresenting
US
UK
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- To show or describe something in a particular way
A2Moreselect
US /sɪˈlɛkt/
UK /sɪ'lekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To choose a suitable thing from a group
- To retrieve data from a database using a query.
- Adjective
- Carefully chosen as being the best or most suitable.
A2TOEICMoresurvival
US /sɚˈvaɪvəl/
UK /səˈvaɪvl/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
A2Moretake off
US /tek ɔf/
UK /teik ɔf/
- Phrasal Verb
- To remove, e.g. your clothes
- To make arrangements to be absent from work
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To remove (an item of clothing).
- To depart; to leave.
A1Morethink of
US /θɪŋk ʌv/
UK /θiŋk ɔv/
- Phrasal Verb
- To look on as (being something specific); consider
- To consider or remember something.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To imagine or call something to mind
A1Moreto the death
US /tu ðə dɛθ/
UK /tu ðə deθ/
- other
- With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
B2Moretribute
US /ˈtrɪbjut/
UK /'trɪbju:t/
- Noun
- Something that is said or done to show respect
- Payment, e.g. to another country, for protection
B1Morevolunteer
US /ˌvɑlənˈtɪr/
UK /ˌvɒlən'tɪə(r)/
- Adjective
- Working willingly without pay to help others
- Countable Noun
- Person who helps others without being paid
- A person who enters military service voluntarily.
B2TOEICMorewanna
US /ˈwɑnə/
UK /'wɒnə/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
B2More
Vocabulary
- take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
- to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
- offer up: To present something, especially to God, as a sacrifice or offering.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- woman: Adult female human being
- young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- live: To be alive
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- wishing: To want something to happen or to become true
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- art: Creative skill using the imagination e.g. painting
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
- annual: Happening once a year, or every year
- afford: To make available, to provide
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
- representing: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
- courageous: Able to face danger without fear
- survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- tribute: Something that is said or done to show respect
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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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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