affair
US /əˈfɛr/
UK /ə'feə(r)/
- Noun
- Secret sexual relationship between two people
- Event or a set of events, often unpleasant ones
A2Morebaby
US /ˈbeɪbi/
UK /ˈbeɪbi/
- Countable Noun
- A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- Transitive Verb
- To treat someone as if they were newly born
A2Morebathroom
US /ˈbæθru:m/
UK /ˈbɑ:θru:m/
- Noun
- Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
B1Moreblood
US /blʌd/
UK /blʌd/
- Uncountable Noun
- Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- Related by birth; family
- Transitive Verb
- To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club
A2Morebuzz
US /bʌz/
UK /bʌz/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
- Intransitive Verb
- To make a low, constant noise like a bee
B1Morecode
US /kod/
UK /kəʊd/
- Transitive Verb
- To express information in a series of numbers
- To write a secret message using secret symbols
- Noun
- A password made of a set of letters or numbers
- Set of rules for behavior
A2Morecome from
US /kʌm frʌm/
UK /kʌm frɔm/
- Phrasal Verb
- To have as your native country or city
A1Morecount
US /kaʊnt/
UK /kaʊnt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To add things together to find the total number
- To matter or be important
- Countable Noun
- Number of things added together, e.g. votes
- With the number of crimes, knockouts, as stated
A2Morecrack
US /kræk/
UK /kræk/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- Unexpected and hard hit to the body
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- To hit someone or something hard and unexpectedly
B1Morecrave
US /krev/
UK /kreɪv/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To have a very strong desire for something
B2Morediamond
US /ˈdaɪəmənd, ˈdaɪmənd/
UK /'daɪəmənd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
A2Moreenvy
US /ˈɛnvi/
UK /ˈenvi/
- Uncountable Noun
- Feeling of wanting something that someone else has
- Transitive Verb
- To feel that you want something someone else has
A2Morefantasy
US /ˈfæntəsi, -zi/
UK /'fæntəsɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something imagined and very different from reality
- Work of literature set in an unreal world
B1Moreflesh
US /flɛʃ/
UK /fleʃ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
- The soft tissues of your body covering the bones
- Transitive Verb
- To clean the skin e.g. of scales from a fish
A2Moregold
US /goʊld/
UK /gəʊld/
- Adjective
- Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
- Uncountable Noun
- Soft yellow metal that is very valuable
A2Morein love with
US //ɪn lʌv wɪð//
UK
- Adjective
- Feeling romantic love for someone.
- Extremely enthusiastic about or fond of something.
A1Morein the flesh
US /ɪn ði flɛʃ/
UK /in ðə fleʃ/
- Phrase
- In person; physically present.
A1Moreleash
US /li:ʃ/
UK /li:ʃ/
- Noun
- Chain, strap, etc. for controlling an animal
B1Moreproud
US /praʊd/
UK /praʊd/
- Adjective
- Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- Having or showing respect for yourself; having dignity.
B1TOEICMorequeen
US /kwin/
UK /kwi:n/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Noun
- Playing card, with the image of a queen on it
- Piece in chess has the most freedom of movement
A2Morerule
US /ruːl/
UK /ruːl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something that is normal and usually happens
- Governmental control or power over a region
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To decide legally, especially in court
- To have control or influence
A2TOEICMorerun in
US /rʌn ɪn/
UK /rʌn in/
- Phrasal Verb
- To arrest person and take them to police station
- To drive engine slowly until ready for normal use
A1Moretear
US /tɛr/
UK /teə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Drop of salty water from the eye
- Hole or rip in something after it has been damaged
- Intransitive Verb
- To move very quickly, often with carelessness
A2Morewedding
US /ˈwɛdɪŋ/
UK /ˈwedɪŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To combine and join two things together as one
- Noun
- A marriage of two people
A2More
Vocabulary
- run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
- in the flesh: In person; physically present.
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- tooth: A sharp points on the edge of a machine or tool
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
- hotel: Place where people can stay when traveling
- love: Person's name
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- ball: Large dance where people dress formally
- live: To be alive
- room: All of the people inside a particular room
- address: Exact street location of a place
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- big: Popular
- ruler: Someone who has control over a country or area
- queen: Person's name
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- gold: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- call: A order or request for action
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- post: To send a letter or package using stamps
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- affair: Secret sexual relationship between two people
- fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
- code: To express information in a series of numbers
- envy: Feeling of wanting something that someone else has
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- diamond: Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
- crave: To have a very strong desire for something
- buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
- flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
- lux: A unit of illumination equal to lumen per square meter; . foot candle
- leash: Chain, strap, etc. for controlling an animal
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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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