babe
US /beb/
UK /beɪb/
- Noun
- Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
B2Morebillionaire
US /ˌbɪljəˈner/
UK /ˌbɪljəˈneə(r)/
- Noun
- Person with more than 1,000,000,000 dollars etc.
- Countable Noun
- A person whose wealth amounts to one billion or more units of currency.
A2Morebreak up
US /brek ʌp/
UK /breik ʌp/
- Phrase
- Phrasal Verb
- (Of party, relationship) to come to an end
- To end something, e.g. a fight
A1Morebride
US /braɪd/
UK /braɪd/
- Countable Noun
- Woman who is, or who will get married soon
B1Morebriefcase
US /ˈbrifˌkes/
UK /ˈbri:fkeɪs/
- Countable Noun
- Flat case used for carrying papers and documents
B2TOEICMorecave
US /kev/
UK /keɪv/
- Noun
- Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
- Intransitive Verb
- To give in to pressure
A2Moreceremony
US /ˈsɛrəˌmoni/
UK /'serəmənɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Special social or religious event
- Rigidly formal way of behaving
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
B1Moredefeat
US /dɪˈfit/
UK /dɪ'fi:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To beat an enemy, team, disease
- To prevent something from succeeding.
- Noun
- When you lose a fight, game or competition
- The feeling of having been beaten.
B1Moreentertainment
US /ˌɛntɚˈtenmənt/
UK /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/
- Uncountable Noun
- Act or process of providing service for someone
- Singing, dancing, telling jokes to amuse people
A2TOEICMoreentire
US /ɛnˈtaɪr/
UK /ɪn'taɪə(r)/
- Adjective
- Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- Undivided; not shared or distributed.
A2TOEICMoreever since
US /ˈɛvɚ sɪns/
UK /ˈevə sins/
- Adverb
- Continuously from a past time until now.
- Conjunction
- From the time that; because.
B2Moreflatter
US /ˈflætɚ/
UK /'flætə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To praise in a rather false way, to get something
B2Moreglad
US /ɡlæd/
UK /ɡlæd/
- Adjective
- Happy or pleased about something/to do something
- Happy that something happened; pleased
A2Moregoing on
US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/
UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/
- Phrasal Verb
- To continue doing something
- To happen (usually negative)
A1Moreguard
US /ɡɑrd/
UK /ɡɑ:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To keep watch over something to protect it
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Someone who watches a place or prevents escapes
- A player in basketball whose primary role is to handle the ball and initiate the offense.
A2Morehanging
US /ˈhæŋɪŋ/
UK /ˈhæŋɪŋ/
- Adjective
- Suspended in the air
- Noun
- Execution by suspending a person by a rope around the neck.
- Something that hangs, such as a curtain or tapestry.
B1Morehanging out
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To spend time with your friends
- To spend times with friends or relax doing nothing
A2Morehave to
US /hæv tu/
UK /ˈhæv tə/
- Auxiliary Verb
- Must do
A1Morehell
US /hɛl/
UK /hel/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Any place of pain and suffering
- A very unpleasant or difficult experience.
A2Moreimpress
US /ɪmˈprɛs/
UK /ɪm'pres/
- Transitive Verb
- To make an emotional impact upon
- To press into a soft material to make a pattern
- Noun
- A mark or design made by stamping.
A2TOEICMorein the world
US /ɪn ði wɜrld/
UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/
- Phrase
- Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
- Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense
A1Moreinsurance
US /ɪnˈʃʊrəns/
UK /ɪnˈʃʊərəns/
- Uncountable Noun
- Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
A2TOEICMorekidnap
US /ˈkɪdˌnæp/
UK /'kɪdnæp/
- Transitive Verb
- To take someone and demand money to return them
B1Morekinda
US /'kaɪndə/
UK /'kaɪndə/
- Noun
- Short way of saying 'kind of'
- Adverb
- Somewhat; to some extent; rather.
- Sort of; in a way.
B2Morekiss
US /kɪs/
UK /kɪs/
- Transitive Verb
- To touch something in a light or gentle way
- To put your lips against another's to show love
A2Moreprepare yourself
US
UK
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To get yourself ready for something.
A2Moreprove
US /pruv/
UK /pru:v/
- Transitive Verb
- To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- To test the quality or worth of something.
- Intransitive Verb
- To turn out to be; be found to be.
A2TOEICMorerobot
US /ˈroʊbɑ:t/
UK /ˈrəʊbɒt/
- Countable Noun
- Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- A person who acts in a mechanical or unemotional way.
B1Moreruin
US /ˈruɪn/
UK /'ru:ɪn/
- Transitive Verb
- To damage or completely destroy something
- To cause someone to lose their money or status
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Remains of a building that has been destroyed
- The state of being destroyed or severely damaged.
B1Moresacred
US /ˈsekrɪd/
UK /ˈseɪkrɪd/
- Adjective
- Worthy of religious worship; very holy
- Being highly valued and respected
B1Moreset back
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To cost someone, often a large amount
- To cause a delay in scheduling
A1Moreshield
US /ʃild/
UK /ʃi:ld/
- Noun
- A family's coat of arms or insignia
- Device used to protect from a harmful force
- Transitive Verb
- To cover (e.g. your face) so as to hide from
- To cover from a dangerous or harmful force
B1Moresquad
US /skwɑ:d/
UK /skwɒd/
- Noun
- A sports team
B1Moresuperhero
US /ˈsu:pərhɪroʊ/
UK /ˈsu:pəhɪərəʊ/
- Noun
- Fictional character who fights evil
C2Moretake after
US /tek ˈæftɚ/
UK /teik ˈɑ:ftə/
- Phrasal Verb
- To resemble (an older family member); favor
- To imitate or follow the example of someone.
A1Morewedding
US /ˈwɛdɪŋ/
UK /ˈwedɪŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To combine and join two things together as one
- Noun
- A marriage of two people
A2Morewonderful
US /'wʌndərfl/
UK /ˈwʌndəfl/
- Adjective
- Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
A2Morework out
US /wɚk aʊt/
UK /wə:k aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To find a way to do something, by thinking
A1Moreworth
US /wɚθ/
UK /wɜ:θ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- having a particular value, especially in money
- Adjective
- Having a specified value.
A2Moreworthy
US /ˈwɚði/
UK /'wɜ:ðɪ/
- Adjective
- Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
B1More
Vocabulary
- prepare yourself: To get yourself ready for something.
- take after: To resemble (an older family member); favor
- have to: Must do
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- work out
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- going on: To continue doing something
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
- break up
- set back: To cost someone, often a large amount
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- woman: Adult female human being
- leave: To go away from; depart
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
- beautiful: Having dome something well
- love: Person's name
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- hotel: Place where people can stay when traveling
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
- wife: Married woman
- party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
- clean: Completely; entirely
- bringing: To take or go with someone to a place
- join: To bring something close to another, to become one
- wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- manager: Person who controls and runs a business or group
- marry: To become the husband or wife of someone
- covered: To record a different version of another song
- kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
- glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
- pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
- office: Room or building used for business
- wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
- bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
- cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
- briefcase: Flat case used for carrying papers and documents
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- ceremony: Special social or religious event
- defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
- guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
- hanging: Suspended in the air
- chill: State of being a little cold
- insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
- impress: To make an emotional impact upon
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
- shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
- sacred: Worthy of religious worship; very holy
- squad: A sports team
- superhero: Fictional character who fights evil
- kidnap: To take someone and demand money to return them
- billionaire: Person with more than 1,000,000,000 dollars etc.
- babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
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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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