at once
US /æt wʌns/
UK /æt wʌns/
- Adverb
- Immediately; without delay
- At the same time; simultaneously
A2Morebathroom
US /ˈbæθru:m/
UK /ˈbɑ:θru:m/
- Noun
- Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
B1Morecause
US /kɔz/
UK /kɔ:z/
- Noun
- Belief, goal or organization that people support
- Reason for
- Transitive Verb
- To make something happen; create effect or result
A2Morechannel
US /ˈtʃænəl/
UK /'tʃænl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- TV or radio station or its programs
- Transitive Verb
- To dig a long hole for carrying water
- To send (e.g. money) to a certain place or person
B1Morecoma
US /ˈkoʊmə/
UK /ˈkəʊmə/
- Noun
- State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
B2Morecondition
US /kənˈdɪʃən/
UK /kənˈdɪʃn/
- Transitive Verb
- To improve something to make it better
- To cause to behave automatically in a certain way
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Disease or other medical problem
- The state of living you are in, e.g. good health
A2Moredecrease
US /dɪˈkris/
UK /dɪˈkri:s/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To reduce the size, amount or number of something
- Uncountable Noun
- Amount by which something has been reduced
B1TOEICMoredepend
US /dɪˈpend/
UK /dɪˈpend/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- To rely on someone or something for support, help, or existence.
B1TOEICMoredilute
US /daɪˈlut, dɪ-/
UK /daɪˈlu:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To make something weaker or less efficient
B2Moreessential
US /ɪˈsɛnʃəl/
UK /ɪ'senʃl/
- Adjective
- Extremely or most important and necessary
- Fundamental; basic.
- Noun
- A concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants.
B1TOEICMoreexact
US /ɪɡˈzækt/
UK /ɪɡ'zækt/
- Adjective
- Completely correct; accurate; specific
- Transitive Verb
- To get something, sometimes using force
A2TOEICMoreexcess
US /ˈɛkˌsɛs/
UK /ɪkˈses/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
- An extra amount.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To be more than or go beyond.
B1Moreexpand
US /ɪkˈspænd/
UK /ɪk'spænd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make something larger in size, number, amount
A2TOEICMoreextra
US /'ekstrə/
UK /'ekstrə/
- Adjective
- More than necessary; additional
- Of especially good quality or grade.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Items more than you need; additional items
- Person who has a small part in a movie
A2Morefeel like
US
UK
- Intransitive Verb
- To have a desire or inclination for something.
- To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
A1Morefuzzy
US /ˈfʌzi/
UK /'fʌzɪ/
- Adjective
- Covered with fur or short hair
- Not clear; blurred
B2Moreguide
US /ɡaɪd/
UK /ɡaɪd/
- Transitive Verb
- To help or advise someone about something
- To control missile to hit a target by radio signal
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Book or a magazine containing information/advice
- Person leading others visiting an unknown place
A2TOEICMorehydration
US /haɪ'dreɪʃn/
UK /haɪ'dreɪʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- Process of supplying or adding water to
C2Moreinvolve
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.
A2TOEICMoremultiple
US /ˈmʌltəpəl/
UK /ˈmʌltɪpl/
- Adjective
- Having or involving more than one of something
- Having or involving several parts, elements, or members.
- Countable Noun
- Number produced by multiplying a smaller number
- A number of identical circuit elements connected in parallel or series.
B1Morenausea
US /ˈnɔziə, -ʒə, -siə, -ʃə/
UK /ˈnɔ:ziə/
- Uncountable Noun
- Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
- A feeling of revulsion; disgust.
B2Moreoccur
US /əˈkɚ/
UK /əˈkɜ:(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To come to pass or to happen
- To be found to exist; to be present.
A2TOEICMoreoxygen
US /ˈɑksɪdʒən/
UK /'ɒksɪdʒən/
- Uncountable Noun
- A gas in the air that we need to breathe
- Oxygen administered as a medical treatment.
B1Morepressure
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
A2TOEICMoreprocess
US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/
UK /prə'ses/
- Transitive Verb
- To organize and use data in a computer
- To deal with official forms in the way required
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Dealing with official forms in the way required
- Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
A2TOEICMoreregulate
US /ˈrɛɡjəˌlet/
UK /ˈregjuleɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To control something with rules or laws
- To set/adjust (a clock, etc.); restrict motion in
A2TOEICMorescience
US /ˈsaɪəns/
UK /'saɪəns/
- Uncountable Noun
- Study of the physical world, based on facts
A2TOEICMoreskull
US /skʌl/
UK /skʌl/
- Noun
- Structure of bones forming the face and head
B2Moresodium
US /ˈsodiəm/
UK /'səʊdɪəm/
- Uncountable Noun
- A soft, white chemical element
B2Moresubscribe
US /səbˈskraɪb/
UK /səb'skraɪb/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To regularly pay to receive a service
B1TOEICMoresweat
US /swɛt/
UK /swet/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To do an amount of hard work
- To be worried or anxious about something
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An amount of hard work
A2Moreswell
US /swɛl/
UK /swel/
- Intransitive Verb
- To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
- To increase in size or number larger than normal
- Uncountable Noun
- Being overcome from feeling a strong emotion
- Act of growing in size or increasing in number
B1Moreswell up
US /swɛl ʌp/
UK /swel ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To become larger and rounder, usually due to injury or illness.
- To increase in size or number.
thirst
US /θɚst/
UK /θɜ:st/
- Uncountable Noun
- Powerful desire or need for e.g. knowledge
- Intransitive Verb
- To have a powerful desire for e.g. knowledge
- To have a powerful desire to drink
B2Morevary
US /ˈveri/
UK /ˈveəri/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To change something and make it different
- To be changeable, both up and down
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- swell up: To become larger and rounder, usually due to injury or illness.
- feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- amount: Quantity of something
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- nausea: Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- regulate: To control something with rules or laws
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- fuzzy: Covered with fur or short hair
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
- click: To work well with someone or something
- skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
- swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- sodium: A soft, white chemical element
- vary: To change something and make it different
- coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- dilute: To make something weaker or less efficient
- person: Man, woman or child
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- happen: To take place or occur
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- report: Account of the necessary facts and information
- thirst: Powerful desire or need for e.g. knowledge
- hydration: Process of supplying or adding water to
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
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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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