all over the place
US
UK
- Phrase
- In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- In many different locations; widely distributed.
- Adjective
- Mentally or emotionally disorganized; confused or erratic.
A1Morebutt
US /bʌt/
UK /bʌt/
- Noun
- (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
- The thick end of something, especially a cigarette.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To share a boundary by being next to
- To strike, push, or shove (someone or something) with the head.
B2Morecarve
US /kɑ:rv/
UK /kɑ:v/
- Transitive Verb
- To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
- To make a cut in, e.g. to write your name on tree
B1Morecrazy
US /ˈkrezi/
UK /'kreɪzɪ/
- Adjective
- Mentally ill; mad
- Not being sensible or practical
- Noun
- Person acting in a manner that is strange and odd
A2Moredrag
US /dræɡ/
UK /dræɡ/
- Transitive Verb
- To reluctantly move or go somewhere
- To pull something heavy or difficult along the ground
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Force of air pushing back against a plane car etc.
- Boring or annoying thing/activity
A2Moreeyeball
US /ˈaɪˌbɔl/
UK /ˈaɪbɔ:l/
- Noun
- The round part of the eye
C2Morehuge
US /hjudʒ/
UK /hju:dʒ/
- Adjective
- Very very large
A2Moreknock
US /nɑk/
UK /nɒk/
- Noun
- Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- Action of something solid hitting something hard
- Transitive Verb
- To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
- To hit something to get people's attention
A2Moreknock it off
US /nɑk ɪt ɔf/
UK /nɔk it ɔf/
- Phrasal Verb
- Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
- Interjection
- Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
A1Moremumbling
US /'mʌmblɪŋ/
UK /'mʌmblɪŋ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To speak without being clear or loud enough
B1Moreplump
US /plʌmp/
UK /plʌmp/
- Adjective
- Large and round; slightly fat, in a pleasant way
B2Morepumpkin
US /ˈpʌmpkɪn, ˈpʌm-, ˈpʌŋ-/
UK /ˈpʌmpkɪn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
B1Moreshut
US /ʃʌt/
UK /ʃʌt/
- Intransitive Verb
- To stop being open for business
- Transitive Verb
- To close something, e.g. a door
A2Moreshut up
US /ʃʌt ʌp/
UK /ʃʌt ʌp/
- Phrasal Verb
- To close something, e.g. a shop
- To (cause someone to) be silent or not speak
- Interjection
- An expression of disbelief or surprise
A2Moresick and tired
US /sɪk ənd taɪrd/
UK /sik ænd ˈtaiəd/
- Adjective
- Fed up with or annoyed by something.
- Extremely exhausted and weary.
A2Moretear
US /tɛr/
UK /teə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Drop of salty water from the eye
- Hole or rip in something after it has been damaged
- Intransitive Verb
- To move very quickly, often with carelessness
A2Moretired
US /ˈtaɪərd/
UK /ˈtaɪəd/
- Adjective
- Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- Transitive Verb
- To lose, cause to lose energy so you want to rest
B1Moretongue
US /tʌŋ/
UK /tʌŋ/
- Noun
- Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- Meat from the mouth of an animal, cooked as food
- Transitive Verb
- To using your mouth to produce musical notes
- To use your mouth to touch something
A2Moretrick
US /trɪk/
UK /trɪk/
- Transitive Verb
- To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- To playfully tease or fool to make someone laugh
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of trying to fool someone
- Quick or skillful way of doing something
A2Moreturned out
US
UK
- Phrasal Verb
- To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- To happen to be in the end
- Transitive Verb
- To extinguish or switch off lights.
A1Morewanna
US /ˈwɑnə/
UK /'wɒnə/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
B2More
Vocabulary
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- sick and tired: Fed up with or annoyed by something.
- knock it off: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
- shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
- turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- orange: Being a color that is a mixture of red and yellow
- brother: A boy or man who shares a parent with you
- knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- stop: To block or close something
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- driving: To move cattle from one place to another
- big: Popular
- funny: Causing laughter; amusing
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- song: Distinctive series of sounds made by a bird
- shut: To stop being open for business
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- relaxed: Being calm or quiet; not worrying
- drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- huge: Very very large
- mumbling: To speak without being clear or loud enough
- plump: Large and round; slightly fat, in a pleasant way
- carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
- butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
- pumpkin: Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
- eyeball: The round part of the eye
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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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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ET Hsu posted on 2014/03/04Get ready for some fruity fun with the Annoying Orange! You'll love this animated short as Orange hilariously mistakes a pumpkin for his buddy, leading to some super silly situational dialogue. It's a fantastic way to practice simple sentence structures and pick up some fun, everyday phrases!
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