barracuda
US /ˌbærəˈku:də/
UK /ˌbærəˈkju:də/
- Noun
- Sea fish with strong teeth
C2Morebreather
US /'bri:ðər/
UK /ˈbri:ðə(r)/
- Noun
- Short rest after activity
C1Morebull
US /bʊl/
UK /bʊl/
- Countable Noun
- Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
- Uncountable Noun
- Nonsense; untrue or foolish statements
B1Morechill
US /tʃɪl/
UK /tʃɪl/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of being a little cold
- Feeling of fear or being frightened
- Transitive Verb
- To make something cold, e.g. a drink
B1Morecrocodile tears
US
UK
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Insincere expressions of sorrow; false grief.
- Phrase
- A hypocritical display of sorrow or remorse.
B2Moredolphin
US /ˈdɑ:lfɪn/
UK /ˈdɒlfɪn/
- Countable Noun
- Sea animal like a big fish that breathes air
B1Moredying to
US
UK
- Phrase
- Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- To have a very strong desire or need for something.
A1Moreeagle
US /ˈiɡəl/
UK /ˈi:gl/
- Noun
- Very large, strong bird that hunts small animals
B1Morefairy
US /ˈfɛri/
UK /'feərɪ/
- Noun
- Small imaginary being that can do magic
B1Morefan
US /fæn/
UK /fæn/
- Transitive Verb
- To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
- To use a device to cool yourself, something
- Countable Noun
- Thing you wave in front of your face to stay cool
- Someone who admires a famous person, sport etc.
A2Morefin
US /fɪn/
UK /fɪn/
- Noun
- Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
- Flat, thin object that sticks out from something
B2Moregiant
US /ˈdʒaɪənt/
UK /'dʒaɪənt/
- Countable Noun
- Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- Very successful, powerful person or organization
- Adjective
- Very large, or much bigger than other things
A2Morelike a man
US /laɪk ə mæn/
UK /laɪk ə mæn/
- other
- To act bravely or responsibly.
A2Moremarble
US /ˈmɑrbəl/
UK /'mɑ:bl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
- Adjective
- Made of or resembling marble.
- Having a veined or swirled appearance like marble.
B1Moreoctopus
US /ˈɑ:ktəpəs/
UK /ˈɒktəpəs/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
B2Morepair
US /per/
UK /peə(r)/
- Countable Noun
- Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- Two people viewed together for some reason; couple
- Transitive Verb
- To put two things or people together
A2TOEICMorepink
US /pɪŋk/
UK /pɪŋk/
- Adjective
- Color made by mixing red and white
A2Morepyramid
US /ˈpɪrəmɪd/
UK /'pɪrəmɪd/
- Noun
- Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
- With a small management and huge workforce
B1Moreray
US /re/
UK /reɪ/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Lines of light coming from an object
- Fish with a pointed tail and flat body
B1Moreschooling
US /ˈskulɪŋ/
UK /'sku:lɪŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To teach or train someone to know or do something
- Uncountable Noun
- The process of being educated at a school.
B1Morescreen
US /skrin/
UK /skri:n/
- Transitive Verb
- To hide or block something from being seen
- To examine to find something, e.g. best candidate
- Noun
- Wire net in a door or window to keep insects out
- Displays in a theater on which movies are shown
A2TOEICMoreshark
US /ʃɑ:rk/
UK /ʃɑ:k/
- Noun
- Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
- Large and dangerous fish with sharp teeth
B2Morespot
US /spɑt/
UK /spɒt/
- Noun
- A certain place or area
- A difficult time; awkward situation
- Transitive Verb
- To see someone or something by chance
A2TOEICMorestingray
US /ˈstɪŋˌre/
UK /ˈstɪŋreɪ/
- Noun
- Large venomous ray with large barbed spines
C2Morestripe
US /straɪp/
UK /straɪp/
- Noun
- Strip of alternating color in straight lines
B1Moretitan
US
UK
- Countable Noun
- Person gigantic or great in size or power
C2Moreturtle
US /ˈtɜ:rtl/
UK /ˈtɜ:tl/
- Noun
- Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
B1More
Vocabulary
- dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- like a man: To act bravely or responsibly.
- crocodile tears: Insincere expressions of sorrow; false grief.
- spot: A certain place or area
- chill: State of being a little cold
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
- leave: To go away from; depart
- fairy: Small imaginary being that can do magic
- stripe: Strip of alternating color in straight lines
- screen: To hide or block something from being seen
- marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- great: Very good; better than before
- pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
- bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
- fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
- fan: To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
- purple: Being a color that is a mixture of red and blue
- ray: Person's name
- dolphin: Sea animal like a big fish that breathes air
- table: Diagram that shows data in rows and columns
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
- white: Person's name
- turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
- titan: Person gigantic or great in size or power
- eye: The part of the body that you see with
- eagle: Very large, strong bird that hunts small animals
- big: Popular
- sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
- orange: Being a color that is a mixture of red and yellow
- swim: To move through water by moving parts of the body
- pink: Color made by mixing red and white
- schooling: To teach or train someone to know or do something
- barracuda: Sea fish with strong teeth
- yellow: Color of lemons or the sun
- stingray: Large venomous ray with large barbed spines
- breather: Short rest after activity
- triggerfish: Any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
- butterflyfish: Type of fish that has wing-like fins
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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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