approval
US /əˈpruvəl/
UK /əˈpru:vl/
- Uncountable Noun
- Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
- Positive opinion of something or someone
A2TOEICMoreattract
US /əˈtrækt/
UK /ə'trækt/
- Transitive Verb
- To make something move closer using magnetic force
- To make someone notice and become interested in
A2TOEICMorebreeder
US /ˈbridɚ/
UK /ˈbri:də(r)/
- Noun
- Person who breeds animals
A2Morebusinessman
US /ˈbɪznɪsˌmæn/
UK /ˈbɪznəsmæn/
- Countable Noun
- A man who works in business
A2Morecause
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
A2Moredevelopment
US /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
UK /dɪ'veləpmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- A new event related to a previous event
A2TOEICMoredirty
US /ˈdɜ:rti/
UK /ˈdɜ:ti/
- Adjective
- Not clean
- Not fair; dishonest or dishonorable
- Transitive Verb
- To make something not clean; soil
A2Moreexpand
US /ɪkˈspænd/
UK /ɪk'spænd/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make something larger in size, number, amount
A2TOEICMorefeed
US /fid/
UK /fi:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
- To push something through an opening
- Uncountable Noun
- Food given to animals
A2TOEICMoregain
US /ɡen/
UK /ɡeɪn/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To increase in something, such as weight
- To get something wanted, needed or valued
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- An increase in something, such as weight
A2TOEICMoregreedy
US /ˈɡridi/
UK /'ɡri:dɪ/
- Adjective
- Wanting to have more of something than you need
B1Morein prison
US /ɪn ˈprɪzən/
UK /in ˈprizən/
- Phrase
- Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
in the world
US /ɪn ði wɜrld/
UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/
- Phrase
- Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
A1Morelocal
US /ˈloʊkl/
UK /ˈləʊkl/
- Noun
- Bus or train, that stops at most stations
- People who live in the area being discussed
- Adjective
- Relating to a particular area, city, or town
A2TOEICMorepenalty
US /ˈpɛnəlti/
UK /'penəltɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Negative effect resulting from your actions
- Punishment for committing a crime or offense
B1TOEICMoreprison
US /ˈprɪzən/
UK /'prɪzn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- A state of confinement or captivity.
A2Moreproperty
US /ˈprɑpəti/
UK /'prɒpətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Particular quality that someone or something has
- Buildings or piece of land owned by someone
A2TOEICMorereduced
US /rɪ'dju:st/
UK /rɪ'dju:st/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- To boil a liquid until it has decreased in amount
- Adjective
- Simplified or made less complex.
A2Moresoar
US /sɔr, sor/
UK /sɔ:(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
- To fly or rise high in the air
B2TOEICMoretool
US /tul/
UK /tu:l/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
- Something used to achieve an aim or carry out a particular function.
- Transitive Verb
- To provide a workshop with the right equipment
A2TOEICMoretrack
US /træk/
UK /træk/
- Transitive Verb
- To use marks to follow a wild animal
- To move a certain way/follow a particular course
- Noun
- A circular course for running
- Course or way someone takes, e.g. in education
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
- expensive: Costing a lot of money
- dog: Small 4-legged animal that barks kept as a pet
- easy: Not hard to do; not difficult
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- businessman: A man who works in business
- own: To have something as your property
- dirty: Not clean
- size: How big or small a thing is
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
- reduced: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- property: Particular quality that someone or something has
- feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- consider: To think carefully about something
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
- breeder: Person who breeds animals
- greedy: Wanting to have more of something than you need
- penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
- approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- tool: Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
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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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How do you bribe Chinese politicians? Give them Tibetan mastiffs, seriously!
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姚易辰 posted on 2014/01/13Ever wondered how to bribe politicians? This video spills the tea on a seriously wild method: Tibetan mastiffs! You'll pick up fascinating cultural insights and learn simple sentence structures while diving into this surprising corruption exposé.
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