afford
US /əˈfɔrd, əˈford/
UK /ə'fɔ:d/
- Transitive Verb
- To make available, to provide
- To have enough money to pay for something
A2TOEICMoreagony
US /ˈæɡəni/
UK /ˈægəni/
- Uncountable Noun
- Great pain or suffering
B1Morealive
US /əˈlaɪv/
UK /ə'laɪv/
- Adjective
- Living; not dead
- Active; energetic; full of life.
A2TOEICMoreat night
US /æt naɪt/
UK /æt nait/
- Phrase
- During the night; in the nighttime.
A1Moreawake
US /əˈwek/
UK /əˈweɪk/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
- To wake from sleep; wake someone from sleep
- Adjective
- Not asleep; up; alert
A2Morebarnacle
US /ˈbɑ:rnəkl/
UK /ˈbɑ:nəkl/
- Countable Noun
- Marine crustaceans that live on rocks
C1Morebear
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
A2Morecandy
US /ˈkændi/
UK /ˈkændi/
- Countable Noun
- Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- Transitive Verb
- To coat food with sugar
B2Morecon
US /kɑ:n/
UK /kɒn/
- Transitive Verb
- To trick or deceive someone
- Noun
- Argument pointing out the negatives of a position
B2Morecount
US /kaʊnt/
UK /kaʊnt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To add things together to find the total number
- To matter or be important
- Countable Noun
- Number of things added together, e.g. votes
- With the number of crimes, knockouts, as stated
A2Morecouple
US /ˈkʌpəl/
UK /'kʌpl/
- Transitive Verb
- To join something to something else
- (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Two people in a romantic relationship
- Two of something; two people; a pair
A2Moredelicious
US /dɪˈlɪʃəs/
UK /dɪˈlɪʃəs/
- Adjective
- Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
B1TOEICMoredigest
US /daɪˈdʒest/
UK /daɪˈdʒest/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To convert food into energy in your stomach
- To think over facts, news etc.; take in information
- Noun
- A summary, as of the news
B2Moreeternal
US /ɪˈtɚnəl/
UK /ɪ'tɜ:nl/
- Adjective
- Endless; constant; never ending
B2Moreexaggerate
US /ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt/
UK /ɪgˈzædʒəreɪt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To makes things seem more extreme than reality
- To speak or write about something in a way that overemphasizes or magnifies its qualities.
B1TOEICMoreextremely
US /ɪk'strimlɪ/
UK /ɪkˈstri:mli/
- Adverb
- In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- Remarkably; unusually.
B1Morefancy
US /ˈfænsi/
UK /'fænsɪ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To want to have or do something; feel like
- To imagine or suppose that something will happen
- Adjective
- Unusual and attractive in design
A2TOEICMoreglossy
US /ˈɡlɔsi, ˈɡlɑsi/
UK /'ɡlɒsɪ/
- Adjective
- Smooth and shiny
B2TOEICMoregot to
US /ɡɑt tu/
UK /gɔt tu:/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To arrive at some place
- To have the opportunity or permission to do something
- Phrasal Verb
- To appeal to the emotions of; move
- To finally begin to start something after a delay
A1Morehave to
US /hæv tu/
UK /ˈhæv tə/
- Auxiliary Verb
- Must do
A1Morehooray
US /hʊˈre/
UK /hʊ'reɪ/
- Interjection
- Said to show delight at something happening
B2Morein no time
US /ɪn noʊ taɪm/
UK /in nəʊ taim/
- Phrase
- Very quickly or soon
A1Morein 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.
A1Moreinvent
US /ɪnˈvɛnt/
UK /ɪnˈvent/
- Transitive Verb
- To create something such as a story or excuse
- To create something useful for the first time
A2TOEICMorelie
US /lai/
UK /laɪ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be in a horizontal or flat position
- To say something that you know is not true
- Countable Noun
- An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
A2Morelook 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
A2Morenext door
US /nɛkst dɔr/
UK /nekst dɔ:/
- Adverb
- Living in the house next to the one mentioned
A1Moreoperation
US /ˌɑpəˈreʃən/
UK /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Business or company, or its activities
- Functioning; use
A2TOEICMorepat
US /pæt/
UK /pæt/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Transitive Verb
- To hit or touch lightly
B1Morepatent
US /ˈpætnt/
UK /ˈpætnt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Legal protection for inventions or ideas
- Transitive Verb
- To obtain legal protection for inventions or ideas
B2Morerecall
US /rɪˈkɔl/
UK /rɪˈkɔ:l/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
- Act of remembering events or details of the past
- Transitive Verb
- (Company) to ask for the return of faulty goods
- To remember events or details of the past
A2Morerent out
US /rɛnt aʊt/
UK /rent aut/
- Phrasal Verb
- To allow someone to use something that you own in return for money.
A2Morerespect
US /rɪˈspɛkt/
UK /rɪ'spekt/
- Transitive Verb
- To follow the established rules
- To think very highly of another person
- Noun
- Behavior that follows the established rules
- Regard or admiration for someone or something
A2TOEICMorerub
US /rʌb/
UK /rʌb/
- Transitive Verb
- To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- To move something back and forth along a surface
- Noun
- Act of moving you hand forcefully along a surface
B1Moresalesman
US /ˈselzmən/
UK /'seɪlzmən/
- Countable Noun
- Person whose job is to sell things
B2Morestandard
US /ˈstændəd/
UK /'stændəd/
- Noun
- Official unit of measuring something
- Principle of behaving in a moral way
- Adjective
- Being the accepted normal level of quality
- (Of a language) being the most accepted in a place
A2TOEICMorestretch
US /strɛtʃ/
UK /stretʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- To make something bigger by pulling on it
- Noun
- Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
- A consecutive row of things
A2TOEICMoresubscribe
US /səbˈskraɪb/
UK /səb'skraɪb/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To regularly pay to receive a service
B1TOEICMoretrauma
US /ˈtraʊmə/
UK /'trɔ:mə/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A very severe or upsetting experience
- Serious injury to part of the body
B2Morewait for
US /wet fɔr/
UK /weit fɔ:/
- Phrasal Verb
- To wait until someone comes, or something happens
A1Moreyell
US /jɛl/
UK /jel/
- Noun
- A sudden loud cry or shout
- Intransitive Verb
- To shout loudly at someone in pain or excitement
B1More
Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
- got to: To arrive at some place
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- in no time: Very quickly or soon
- have to: Must do
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- rent out: To allow someone to use something that you own in return for money.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
- exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- afford: To make available, to provide
- private: Being away from others and quiet
- digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- eternal: Endless; constant; never ending
- couple: To join something to something else
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- respect: To follow the established rules
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- agony: Great pain or suffering
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
- recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
- awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
- operation: Business or company, or its activities
- alive: Living; not dead
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- pat: Person's name
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- con: To trick or deceive someone
- delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
- glossy: Smooth and shiny
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- live: To be alive
- hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
- barnacle: Marine crustaceans that live on rocks
- candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- salesman: Person whose job is to sell things
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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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VoiceTube posted on 2024/07/29Ever wondered how to sell chocolate like SpongeBob? This hilarious clip is packed with practical, everyday dialogue perfect for practicing simple sentence structures and workplace scenarios. You'll pick up some fun phrases while laughing along with SpongeBob and Patrick's famous 'Chocolate Hustle'!
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