at least
US /æt list/
UK /æt li:st/
- Adverb
- As a minimum
- Not less than
- Phrase
- No less than; at the minimum
- Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
C2Moreat school
US
UK
- Phrase
- Present and attending school.
A1Moreback up
US /bæk ʌp/
UK /bæk ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To save a copy of your computer data
- To confirm the truth of what someone says
A1Morebear
US /bɛr/
UK /bɛː/
- Transitive Verb
- To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
- Countable Noun
- Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
- Someone who expects stock market to fall
A2Morebent
US /bɛnt/
UK /bent/
- Intransitive Verb
- To become curved or no longer straight
- To turn in a different direction, as a road
- Adjective
- Become curved or no longer straight
A2TOEICMoreburden
US /ˈbɚdn/
UK /'bɜ:dn/
- Transitive Verb
- To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something difficult to do, manage, or accept
- Something that is carried with difficulty; an oppressive load.
B1Morecancer
US /ˈkænsɚ/
UK /'kænsə(r)/
- Noun
- Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
B1Morecome back
US /kʌm bæk/
UK /kʌm bæk/
- Phrasal Verb
- To reply to someone, often forcefully
- To be remembered
A1Morecommit
US /kəˈmɪt/
UK /kə'mɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To do something bad, usually a crime
- To promise your permanent love or loyalty (to)
A2TOEICMoreconfident
US /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/
UK /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
- Adjective
- Feeling that you can do well at something
- Having a strong belief in the truth or certainty of something.
- Noun
- A person who is self-assured and believes in their abilities.
A2Morecourage
US /ˈkɚrɪdʒ, ˈkʌr-/
UK /'kʌrɪdʒ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- The quality of being brave enough to do what is right or necessary, even when it is difficult or dangerous
- Transitive Verb
- To encourage or embolden someone.
A2Moredepressed
US /dɪˈprɛst/
UK /dɪˈprest/
- Transitive Verb
- To make someone feel sad or miserable
- To push something down
- Adjective
- Feeling sad or miserable
- Suffering from clinical depression.
B2Moredepression
US /dɪˈprɛʃən/
UK /dɪ'preʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- Period of unemployment and low economic activity
B2Moredisabled
US /dɪsˈebəld/
UK /dɪsˈeɪbld/
- Adjective
- Not able perform full movement or actions
- Having a physical or mental condition that limits movements, senses, or activities.
- Transitive Verb
- To cause something to be unable to act normally
A2Moredrown
US /draʊn/
UK /draʊn/
- Transitive Verb
- To kill something by putting it under water
- To make something very wet or cover it completely
B1Morefaith
US /feθ/
UK /feɪθ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Belief in a god or gods; religion
- Belief that that something is true without proof
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
A2TOEICMorefeel like
US
UK
- Intransitive Verb
- To have a desire or inclination for something.
- To have a particular quality or sensation; resemble.
A1Moreget through
US /ɡɛt θru/
UK /ɡet θru:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To arrive at the end of or finish something
- To succeed in contacting someone by phone
A1Moregive up
US /ɡɪv ʌp/
UK /ɡiv ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To lose hope or admit defeat
- To decide to not start to try solving a problem
A1Moregrave
US /ɡrev/
UK /ɡreɪv/
- Countable Noun
- Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
- Uncountable Noun
- Poetic death; being dead
A2TOEICMorehappiness
US /ˈhæpɪnɪs/
UK /'hæpɪnəs/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- A feeling of joy and contentment
A2Moreheal
US /hi:l/
UK /hi:l/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To recover from or forget a bad experience
- To make or become healthy or well again
B1Moreheaven
US /ˈhɛvən/
UK /'hevn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place or feeling of great happiness
- Place where God or the gods live
A2Moreholy
US /ˈholi/
UK /'həʊlɪ/
- Adjective
- Being good according to religious standards
- Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
- Interjection
- An exclamation of surprise, shock, or awe.
B1Morein the air
US
UK
- Phrase
- Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- Felt or sensed by many people; circulating as a rumor or feeling.
- Adjective
- Being broadcast on radio or television.
A1Morekarate
US /kəˈrɑti/
UK /kəˈrɑ:ti/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
C1Morelook at
US /lʊk æt/
UK /luk æt/
- Phrasal Verb
- To use your eyes to focus on something
- To focus your eyes on something carefully
A1Moremedical
US /ˈmɛdɪkəl/
UK /ˈmedɪkl/
- Adjective
- Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- Noun
- A health check or test
A2Moremiracle
US /ˈmɪrəkəl/
UK /'mɪrəkl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
- A remarkable event or development that brings very welcome consequences.
B1Moreof a sudden
US
UK
- Phrase
- Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
B2Moreof course
US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/
UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/
- Adverb
- Sure ; Certainly
- Phrase
- For sure; certainly
A2Moreon God
US /ɑn gɑd/
UK /ɒn gɒd/
- other
- Used to solemnly swear or emphasize truthfulness.
C1Morepleasure
US /ˈplɛʒɚ/
UK /'pleʒə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- A thing that causes enjoyment or delight.
- Transitive Verb
- To give someone pleasure or satisfaction.
A2TOEICMorepopularity
US /ˌpɑ:pjuˈlærəti/
UK /ˌpɒpjuˈlærəti/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of being liked or supported by many people
- The extent to which something is widespread or commonly liked.
A2Morepoverty
US /ˈpɑvəti/
UK /ˈpɔvəti/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of being poor
- Lack of something necessary
B1Moreright for
US
UK
- Adjective
- Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
- Correct or most appropriate.
A1Moresoul
US /sol/
UK /səʊl/
- Noun
- Central or basic part of something
- Strong, deep emotion in speech or performance
A2Moresprain
US /spren/
UK /spreɪn/
- Transitive Verb
- To cause an injury to a joint in the body
- Noun
- An injury to a joint in the body
C1Moresudden
US /ˈsʌdn/
UK /ˈsʌdn/
- Adjective
- Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
B1Moresuffer
US / ˈsʌfɚ/
UK /'sʌfə(r)/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To experience pain, illness, or injury
- To allow or permit something, especially something unpleasant.
A2Moresuicide
US /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/
UK /'su:ɪsaɪd/
- Noun
- Act of purposely killing yourself
- Act that ruins a person's career, status etc.
B2Moretemporary
US /'tempəreri/
UK /ˈtemprəri/
- Adjective
- Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
- Noun
- A temporary worker.
A2TOEICMorethankful
US /ˈθæŋkf(ə)l/
UK /ˈθæŋkfl/
- Adjective
- Feeling or showing you are grateful
A2Morethankful for
US
UK
- Adjective
- Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- Grateful for a particular situation or benefit.
C1Morethink of
US /θɪŋk ʌv/
UK /θiŋk ɔv/
- Phrasal Verb
- To look on as (being something specific); consider
- To consider or remember something.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To imagine or call something to mind
A1Moretruth
US /truθ/
UK /tru:θ/
- Uncountable Noun
- Real facts about something
A2Moreup in the air
US
UK
- Adjective
- Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
- Idiom
- In an uncertain state; unresolved.
wake up
US /wek ʌp/
UK /weik ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To stop sleeping
- To become fully aware and alert to a situation.
A1More
Vocabulary
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- thankful for: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- at least: As a minimum
- at school: Present and attending school.
- right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
- up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- on God: Used to solemnly swear or emphasize truthfulness.
- feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- live: To be alive
- wife: Married woman
- bored: To make a deep hole in the ground with a drill
- happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
- ball: Large dance where people dress formally
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- married: To become the husband or wife of someone
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- wish: To want something to happen or to become true
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- special: Being additional or extra
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- soccer: Sport where players try to kick a ball into a net
- cooler: More cool than
- truth: Real facts about something
- happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- smile: To put up the corners of mouth to show happiness
- depressed: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- disabled: Not able perform full movement or actions
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
- heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
- popularity: State of being liked or supported by many people
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- drown: To kill something by putting it under water
- commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
- suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
- poverty: State of being poor
- bent: To become curved or no longer straight
- grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- thankful: Feeling or showing you are grateful
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
- sprain: To cause an injury to a joint in the body
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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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Elaine posted on 2014/01/14Get ready for an incredibly inspiring story from Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs! You'll hear his powerful testimony about overcoming depression and finding hope, all while picking up simple sentence structures and learning about cultural depth. This is a fantastic chance to boost your English and gain some serious life motivation!
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