blind
US /blaɪnd/
UK /blaɪnd/
- Adjective
- Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
- Lacking in judgment or awareness
- Transitive Verb
- To cause someone to lose the ability to see
- To be unable to see the truth about a situation
A2Morebullet
US /ˈbʊlɪt/
UK /'bʊlɪt/
- Countable Noun
- Metal object fired from a gun
- Dot at the beginning of each line in a list
- Adjective
- Very fast.
B1Moredawn
US /dɔn/
UK /dɔ:n/
- Uncountable Noun
- First light of day
- Intransitive Verb
- To begin to grow light as the sun rises
- To begin to be understood for the first time
B1Moregang
US /ɡæŋ/
UK /ɡæŋ/
- Noun
- Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
- Intransitive Verb
- To gather together to do something (often illegal)
B1Moregun
US /ɡʌn/
UK /ɡʌn/
- Transitive Verb
- To suddenly make an engine run faster
- Countable Noun
- Weapon which fires bullets down a tube
A2Morelad
US /læd/
UK /læd/
- Countable Noun
- A boy or young man; any man
B1Morepetty
US /ˈpɛti/
UK /ˈpeti/
- Adjective
- Small and unimportant; small-minded
B2Morereflect
US /rɪˈflɛkt/
UK /rɪ'flekt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To indicate or be a sign of something
- To bounce back light, heat, sound from a surface
A2TOEICMoresmash
US /smæʃ/
UK /smæʃ/
- Noun
- Accident involving vehicles
- Sound when something breaks into pieces loudly
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To break into pieces
- To defeat someone completely
B1Moresunlight
US /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/
UK /ˈsʌnlaɪt/
- Uncountable Noun
- Rays of light coming from the sun
A2Moreunder the sun
US
UK
- Phrase
- Everything in the world; everything imaginable.
- In the world; on the earth.
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Vocabulary
- under the sun: Everything in the world; everything imaginable.
- poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
- love: Person's name
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
- stole: To move quietly or secretly to or from a place
- rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
- blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
- bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
- smash: Accident involving vehicles
- sunlight: Rays of light coming from the sun
- dawn: First light of day
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- lad: A boy or young man; any man
- petty: Small and unimportant; small-minded
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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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蔡依蓁 posted on 2014/02/20Dive into the melancholic world of "First of the Gang to Die" by Yoga Lin, a song filled with surreal imagery and existential themes that will really make you think! You'll love practicing simple sentence structures and picking up on repetitive chorus phrases in this indie ballad lyric video.
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