accent
US /ˈækˌsɛnt/
UK /'æksent/
- Transitive Verb
- To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- Noun
- Feature of a design, e.g. a stripe on a shirt
- Correct spoken emphasis on a part of a word
A2Morebunch
US /bʌntʃ/
UK /bʌntʃ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A group of things of the same kind
- A group of people.
- Transitive Verb
- To group people or things closely together
B1Morecountless
US /ˈkaʊntlɪs/
UK /ˈkaʊntləs/
- Adjective
- Being too many to be numbered or imagined
B1Morecrazy
US /ˈkrezi/
UK /'kreɪzɪ/
- Adjective
- Mentally ill; mad
- Not being sensible or practical
- Noun
- Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd
A2Moredifferently
US /ˈdɪfərəntlɪ/
UK /'dɪfrəntlɪ/
- Adverb
- In another and different manner
- In a way that shows a different opinion or perspective.
A2Moredozen
US /ˈdʌzən/
UK /ˈdʌzn/
- Countable Noun
- 12 people or things
A2Moredrift
US /drɪft/
UK /drɪft/
- Intransitive Verb
- (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
- (Of boats) to move without purpose on water
B1Moreexact
US /ɪɡˈzækt/
UK /ɪɡ'zækt/
- Adjective
- Completely correct; accurate; specific
- Transitive Verb
- To get something, sometimes using force
A2TOEICMoreexcept for
US /ɪkˈsɛpt fɔr/
UK /ikˈsept fɔ:/
- Preposition
- Not including; excluding.
for example
US
UK
- Phrase
- As an illustration or instance.
fork
US /fɔ:rk/
UK /fɔ:k/
- Intransitive Verb
- To divide or separate into two branches
- Noun
- Place where a road, tree divides into two branches
- Tool with 4-5 points for eating or digging
A2Morefry
US /fraɪ/
UK /fraɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To cook something in fat or oil
- Intransitive Verb
- To burn your skin due to too long in the sun
A2Moregender
US /ˈdʒɛndɚ/
UK /'dʒendə(r)/
- Noun
- State of being male or female
- The socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of people.
- Transitive Verb
- To assign a gender to; to consider something in terms of gender.
B1Moregoat
US /goʊt/
UK /gəʊt/
- Countable Noun
- Small animal with beard and horns
B2Moregoose
US /ɡus/
UK /gu:s/
- Countable Noun
- Large water bird related to a duck
- Someone you think is silly or foolish
- Transitive Verb
- To touch someone on their bottom
B2Morehabit
US /ˈhæbɪt/
UK /'hæbɪt/
- Noun
- Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
- Usual way of behaving; something often repeated
A2TOEICMorehandful
US /ˈhændˌfʊl/
UK /'hændfʊl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
- A thing requiring great effort to control, manage
B1Morehandy
US /ˈhændi/
UK /'hændɪ/
- Adjective
- Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
- Being skillful in performing small tasks
C2Morehave to
US /hæv tu/
UK /ˈhæv tə/
- Auxiliary Verb
- Must do
A1Moreimpossible
US /ɪmˈpɑsəbəl/
UK /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/
- Adjective
- (Child, etc.) very annoying
- Not possible or very unlikely to happen or exist
A2TOEICMorein a word
US /ɪn e wɚd/
UK /in ə wə:d/
- Phrase
- Briefly; in short.
A1Moreinstead of
US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/
UK /inˈsted ɔv/
- Preposition
- When one thing is replaced by another
- Adverb
- As a substitute or alternative.
A1Morelamb
US /læm/
UK /læm/
- Countable Noun
- Young sheep
- Intransitive Verb
- To give birth to a baby sheep
B1Moremarvelous
US /ˈmɑrvələs/
UK /'mɑ:vɪləs/
- Adjective
- Extraordinarily good or great
- Remarkably skilled or talented.
B2Moremerry
US /ˈmɛri/
UK /'merɪ/
- Adjective
- Feeling a little drunk from alcohol
- Causing happiness or joy
B1Moreneuter
US /ˈnu:tə(r)/
UK /ˈnju:tə(r)/
- Adjective
- Neither masculine nor feminine in gender
- Having undeveloped or imperfect sex organs; asexual.
- Transitive Verb
- To remove organs from animal to stop reproduction
C1Morenorse
US /nɔ:rs/
UK /nɔ:s/
- Noun (plural)
- People from Norway in medieval times
B2Moreoak
US /oʊk/
UK /əʊk/
- Uncountable Noun
- Hard, tough wood taken from an oak tree
- Adjective
- Made from a special hard durable wood
B2Moreodd
US /ɑd/
UK /ɒd/
- Adjective
- Being unmatched with someone or something
- Being a number not able to be divided by two
A2Moreof ours
US /ʌv ˈaʊɚz/
UK /əv ˈaʊəz/
- other
- Belonging to us; associated with us.
A2Morepea
US /pi:/
UK /pi:/
- Countable Noun
- Round green seed, several of which grow in a pod
- Adjective
- Of the size of a pea
B1Moreperfectly
US /ˈpəfɪktli/
UK /ˈpɜ:fɪktli/
- Adverb
- In a faultless manner; without mistakes
A2Moreplural
US /ˈplʊrəl/
UK /ˈpluərəl/
- Adjective
- Being more than one person or thing
B1Morerather than
US
UK
- Adverb
- More exactly; more correctly
- Preferably; instead
- Preposition
- Instead of
A1Moreroughly
US /ˈrʌflɪ/
UK /ˈrʌfli/
- Adverb
- Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- In a manner that is violent or not careful
B1Moresheep
US /ʃip/
UK /ʃi:p/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- Noun
- Person who behaves as others do, without thinking
B1Moreslip
US /slɪp/
UK /slɪp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- A field position in cricket
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To begin to fall as a result of losing balance
- To escape or become free from something
B1TOEICMorespoon
US /spun/
UK /spu:n/
- Countable Noun
- Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
- Transitive Verb
- To serve ice cream, etc. using a spoon
A2Morestreamline
US /ˈstrimˌlaɪn/
UK /ˈstri:mlaɪn/
- Transitive Verb
- To make smooth or more efficient
- Adjective
- Having a smooth efficient shape
C2TOEICMoretherapy
US /ˈθɛrəpi/
UK /'θerəpɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Treatment to help cure an illness
- Psychological counseling to help resolve personal or emotional problems.
B2Moreup against
US /ʌp əˈɡenst/
UK /ʌp əˈɡenst/
- Phrase
- Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
- In close proximity or contact with something.
used to
US /juzd tu/
UK /ˈju:st tə/
- Adjective
- Did regularly before, but don't do now
- Auxiliary Verb
- Have done before, but do not do now
A1More
Vocabulary
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- of ours: Belonging to us; associated with us.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- in a word: Briefly; in short.
- up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
- have to: Must do
- except for: Not including; excluding.
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- gender: State of being male or female
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
- drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
- plural: Being more than one person or thing
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- century: Period of 100 years
- habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- marvelous: Extraordinarily good or great
- dozen: 12 people or things
- streamline: To make smooth or more efficient
- perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
- lamb: Young sheep
- spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
- fry: To cook something in fat or oil
- fork: To divide or separate into two branches
- impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
- differently: In another and different manner
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- goose: Large water bird related to a duck
- pea: Round green seed, several of which grow in a pod
- oak: Hard, tough wood taken from an oak tree
- goat: Small animal with beard and horns
- merry: Feeling a little drunk from alcohol
- sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- neuter: Neither masculine nor feminine in gender
- norse: People from Norway in medieval times
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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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【TED-Ed】A brief history of plural word...s - John McWhorter
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wikiHuang posted on 2020/12/23Ever wondered why we say 'cats' but not 'cat-en'? This fun TED-Ed video dives into the fascinating history of English plurals, revealing how Old English and even Viking influence shaped the quirky grammar we use today! You'll pick up some cool etymology and advanced vocabulary while exploring the Germanic roots of our language.
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