actively
US /'æktɪvlɪ/
UK /'æktɪvlɪ/
- Adverb
- Doing things to achieve a specific goal
A2Moreaddiction
US /əˈdɪkʃən/
UK /əˈdɪkʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
- A compulsive physiological need for a habit-forming substance.
B1TOEICMoreaddictive
US /əˈdɪktɪv/
UK /əˈdɪktɪv/
- Adjective
- Being powerless to stop doing or using something
B1Morealternative
US /ɔlˈtɚnətɪv, æl-/
UK /ɔ:lˈtɜ:nətɪv/
- Countable Noun
- Something different you can choose
- Adjective
- A different choice
A2TOEICMoreapocalypse
US /əˈpɑkəˌlɪps/
UK /əˈpɒkəlɪps/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Great disaster; complete destruction
- A disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind.
B2Moreat 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.
C2Morebase
US /bes/
UK /beɪs/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
- Transitive Verb
- To use as the starting point or origin for
- To have as the main location for (company, etc.)
A2TOEICMorecancer
US /ˈkænsɚ/
UK /'kænsə(r)/
- Noun
- Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
B1Morecandy
US /ˈkændi/
UK /ˈkændi/
- Countable Noun
- Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- Transitive Verb
- To coat food with sugar
B2Morechronic
US /ˈkrɑnɪk/
UK /'krɒnɪk/
- Adjective
- Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- (Of disease) over a long time; serious
B1Moreclaim
US /klem/
UK /kleɪm/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- To say that something is true, often without proof.
- A statement that something is true.
- Transitive Verb
- To demand or ask for something that you believe is rightfully yours.
- To take or cause the loss of (e.g., a life, property).
A2Moredeliver
US /dɪˈlɪvɚ/
UK /dɪ'lɪvə(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- To save someone from a problem or crisis
A2TOEICMoredisturbing
US
UK
- Transitive Verb
- To cause someone anxiety or fear
- To stop someone from working or sleeping
A2MoreDouble
US /ˈdʌbəl/
UK /'dʌbl/
- Countable Noun
- Person that is exactly like someone else
- Adjective
- Concerning or intended for use by two people
- Two times the amount or degree; twice
A2Moreelectronic
US /ɪlɛkˈtrɑnɪk, ˌilɛk-/
UK /ɪˌlek'trɒnɪk/
- Adjective
- Operating by use of electricity; digital
- Produced or performed using electronic instruments or devices.
A2Moreemit
US /ɪˈmɪt/
UK /ɪ'mɪt/
- Transitive Verb
- To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
B1Moreharmless
US /ˈhɑ:rmləs/
UK /ˈhɑ:mləs/
- Adjective
- Being unable to cause damage or injury; safe
- Not being intended/likely to upset or anger others
A2Morein the past
US
UK
- Phrase
- During a former period of time; previously.
A1Moreink
US /ɪŋk/
UK /ɪŋk/
- Uncountable Noun
- Liquid found in pens
- Transitive Verb
- To sign (a document)
A2Moreinstead of
US /ɪnˈstɛd ʌv/
UK /inˈsted ɔv/
- Preposition
- When one thing is replaced by another
- Adverb
- As a substitute or alternative.
A1Moreintentionally
US /ɪnˈtɛnʃənl:ɪ/
UK /ɪn'tenʃənəlɪ/
- Adverb
- With a plan to do or achieve something
- In a deliberate and purposeful manner.
B1Morejournal
US /ˈdʒɚnəl/
UK /ˈdʒə:nl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A diary; record of what you do every day
- Magazine of academic papers
B1TOEICMorejunk
US /dʒʌŋk/
UK /dʒʌŋk/
- Uncountable Noun
- Something that is old, useless, or has no value
- Transitive Verb
- To get rid of something because it has no value
B1Morelegally
US /ˈliɡl:ɪ/
UK /'li:ɡəlɪ/
- Adverb
- In a way that is allowed by or related to laws
A2Morelifelong
US /ˈlaɪflɔ:ŋ/
UK /ˈlaɪflɒŋ/
- Adjective
- Continuing through life; lasting a long time
- Uncountable Noun
- The process of continuing to learn throughout one's life.
B2Morelifetime
US /ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm/
UK /ˈlaɪftaɪm/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The time between birth and death
- An opportunity that is unlikely to occur again.
- Adjective
- Lasting for the duration of someone's life or the existence of something.
B1Morelook at
US /lʊk æt/
UK /luk æt/
- Phrasal Verb
- To use your eyes to focus on something
- To focus your eyes on something carefully
A1Moremarketing
US /ˈmɑ:rkɪtɪŋ/
UK /ˈmɑ:kɪtɪŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- Uncountable Noun
- The act of selling services or goods
B1Moremisleading
US /mɪsˈlidɪŋ/
UK /ˌmɪsˈli:dɪŋ/
- Transitive Verb
- To make someone have the wrong idea about a thing
- Adjective
- Having the wrong or mistaken idea
- Giving the wrong idea or impression; deceptive.
A2Moremulti
US
UK
- Prefix
- A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
B1Morenicotine
US /ˈnɪkəˌtin/
UK /ˈnɪkəti:n/
- Uncountable Noun
- Addictive substance in tobacco
C1Moreovernight
US /ˈovɚˌnaɪt/
UK /ˌəʊvə'naɪt/
- Adverb
- (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
- For or during the night
- Adjective
- Lasting or taking place during the night
- Delivered or intended to be delivered on the next day
B1Morepersonally
US /ˈpəsənəli/
UK /ˈpɜ:sənəli/
- Adverb
- By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- Knowing someone as a friend, or closely
A2Morepractically
US /ˈpræktɪkli/
UK /ˈpræktɪkli/
- Adverb
- Nearly, almost, or in effect
- In a practical manner; realistically.
C1Morepublish
US /ˈpʌblɪʃ/
UK /'pʌblɪʃ/
- Transitive Verb
- To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- To release information to the general public
A2TOEICMorepure
US /pjʊr/
UK /pjʊə(r)/
- Adjective
- Not mixed with anything else
- Being morally good
A2Morequit
US /kwɪt/
UK /kwɪt/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To leave a job
- To leave a place
- Intransitive Verb
- To leave a school etc. without finishing
B1Moreresearch
US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/
UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Study done to discover new ideas and facts
- A particular area or topic of study.
A2TOEICMorereview
US / rɪˈvju/
UK /rɪˈvju:/
- Transitive Verb
- To carefully look at the quality of something
- To formally examine something in the military
- Noun
- Examination of soldiers and supplies
- Opinion, as in a paper, about movie, book, or play
A2TOEICMoresignificantly
US /sɪɡˈnɪfəkəntlɪ/
UK /sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli/
- Adverb
- In a way that is important or noticeable
- In a way that is meaningful
A2Moreskeptical
US /'skeptɪkəl/
UK /'skeptɪkəl/
- Adjective
- Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
C2Moresmoke
US /smoʊk/
UK /sməʊk/
- Intransitive Verb
- To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- Uncountable Noun
- Grey gas from fires and cigarettes
- Fog of air coming from e.g. a cigarette, fire
B1Moresponsor
US /ˈspɑ:nsə(r)/
UK /ˈspɒnsə(r)/
- Noun
- Person that supports the passage of a new law
- Person giving money for someone's education
- Transitive Verb
- To support the passage of a new law
- To help someone succeed by giving them money
B1TOEICMoresuck
US /sʌk/
UK /sʌk/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- Transitive Verb
- To pull or remove something with great power
- To attract someone; make someone interested
B1Moretarget
US /ˈtɑrɡɪt/
UK /'tɑ:ɡɪt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
- Group you are trying to sell to or influence
- Transitive Verb
- To try to influence; direct a message toward
- (Army) to aim an attack at something
A2TOEICMoreteen
US /tin/
UK /ti:n/
- Noun
- Teenager
B1Moretobacco
US /təˈbæko/
UK /tə'bækəʊ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Cigars and cigarettes
- Plant used to make cigars and cigarettes
- Adjective
- Having a brown color similar to that of cured tobacco leaves.
B1Moreunder fire
US /ˈʌndɚ faɪr/
UK /ˈʌndə ˈfaiə/
- Phrase
- Being heavily criticized.
- Being shot at by enemy forces.
A2More
Vocabulary
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- at least: As a minimum
- under fire: Being heavily criticized.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- buy: To believe something; accept
- water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- sell: To exchange something for money
- Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
- teen: Teenager
- quit: To leave a job
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- pure: Not mixed with anything else
- base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- ink: Liquid found in pens
- electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
- overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- review: To carefully look at the quality of something
- harmless: Being unable to cause damage or injury; safe
- alternative: Something different you can choose
- sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
- addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
- legally: In a way that is allowed by or related to laws
- target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
- disturbing: To cause someone anxiety or fear
- junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
- actively: Doing things to achieve a specific goal
- legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
- tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
- addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
- journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
- emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
- lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
- intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
- vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
- marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- glycol: Sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent; any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
- misleading: To make someone have the wrong idea about a thing
- apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
- skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
- multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
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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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