banish
US /ˈbænɪʃ/
UK /'bænɪʃ/
- Transitive Verb
- To send someone away, often as punishment
B2Morechase
US /tʃes/
UK /tʃeɪs/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act of going after someone to catch them
- Something that one pursues or tries to obtain.
- Transitive Verb
- To go after with the intention of catching
- To try very hard to get something that you want
A2Morechase after
US /tʃes ˈæftɚ/
UK /tʃeis ˈɑ:ftə/
- Transitive Verb
- To try hard to get something/achieve a dream, etc.
A2Morecome back
US /kʌm bæk/
UK /kʌm bæk/
- Phrasal Verb
- To reply to someone, often forcefully
- To be remembered
A1Morecore
US /kɔr, kor/
UK /kɔ:(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To take out the central section of a fruit
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Important central part of something
- The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
A2Morecrush
US /krʌʃ/
UK /krʌʃ/
- Noun
- Strong attraction to someone
- Transitive Verb
- To break something into small pieces by pressing
- To defeat someone or something (in a game)
B1TOEICMoredestroy
US /dɪˈstrɔɪ/
UK /dɪ'strɔɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- To defeat someone or something easily
A2TOEICMorefacility
US /fəˈsɪlɪti/
UK /fəˈsɪləti/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- Skill to do something with ease
A2TOEICMoreforgive
US /fərˈgɪv/
UK /fəˈgɪv/
- Transitive Verb
- To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
A2Moregrant
US /ɡrænt/
UK /ɡrɑ:nt/
- Transitive Verb
- To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- To give or let someone do what they want
- Uncountable Noun
- Money given for education or research
A2TOEICMorejet
US /dʒɛt/
UK /dʒet/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
- A pipe that water or gas goes through
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- (Of liquid, gas) to shoot out of a small opening
- To travel on a jet plane
B1TOEICMoremanagement
US /ˈmænɪdʒmənt/
UK /'mænɪdʒmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- People who are in control of a business or group
- Uncountable Noun
- The process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
- The skill of organizing and controlling resources.
A2TOEICMoremode
US /moʊd/
UK /məʊd/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Fashion and design
- Status or way of functioning
A2TOEICMoreobsess
US /əbˈsɛs, ɑb-/
UK /əbˈses/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To talk or think about someone, something too much
- To think about something to an excessive degree
C1Morerail
US /rel/
UK /reɪl/
- Intransitive Verb
- To complain or object forcefully
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Long thin piece of metal, wood as part of a fence
- One of two metal tracks along which a train runs
B1TOEICMoreroll
US /rol/
UK /rəʊl/
- Countable Noun
- Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- Photographic film wrapped round and round itself
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To continue along as time normally progresses
- To produce a very deep and continuous sound
A2TOEICMoreslide
US /slaɪd/
UK /slaɪd/
- Noun
- Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- Reduction in amount, price, quality
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To pass or move smoothly and rapidly into or out
- To move smoothly and rapidly over a surface
A2Morespike
US /spaɪk/
UK /spaɪk/
- Noun
- The top point in a graph
- Long, thin metal rod that ends in a point
- Intransitive Verb
- To go up to a point on a graph
B2Moreswear
US /swɛr/
UK /sweə(r)/
- Intransitive Verb
- To say bad or impolite words to someone
- Transitive Verb
- To make a serious promise to do something
B1Moretake over
US /tek ˈovɚ/
UK /teik ˈəuvə/
- Phrasal Verb
- To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- To assume control or possession of something.
A1Moretrust
US /trʌst/
UK /trʌst/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To expect confidently
- To have confidence or faith
- Uncountable Noun
- Wealth or property held by one person for another
- The belief that someone is honest
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- chase after: To try hard to get something/achieve a dream, etc.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- spike: The top point in a graph
- obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- deep: Complex and important
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- management: People who are in control of a business or group
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- trust: To expect confidently
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- rail: To complain or object forcefully
- banish: To send someone away, often as punishment
- mode: Fashion and design
- jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
- forgive: To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
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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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