Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- end in: To have something as the final result.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- sick to death: Extremely annoyed or bored with someone or something.
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- eye: The part of the body that you see with
- doctor: Person paid to help people become or stay healthy
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- bad: Not good; wrong
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- colored: To change or affect someone's opinion
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- clock: A device that shows the time
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
- read: Person's name
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- teach: To help someone learn or do something
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- anymore: No longer; no more
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- call: A order or request for action
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
- Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
- alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- noun: The subject or object of a sentence
- purple: Being a color that is a mixture of red and blue
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- switch: A change or shift from one method to another
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- lady: Another way of saying 'woman'
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
- eyesight: Normal use of the faculty of vision
- surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
- unnatural: Not being what you would expect; not normal
- gentleman: Man who has good manners and is considerate
- beam: To send out information, signals, or light
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
- victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- concern: To be about a particular topic
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- vision: Ability to see; eyesight
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
- myopia: Inability to clearly see objects that are far away
- optometrist: Person skilled in testing for defects of vision
- eyeball: The round part of the eye
- squint: To look through narrowed eyes
- blurry: Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
- blessed: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
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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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English Vocabulary - Bad Eyesight: glasses, contacts, optometrist, eye doctor...
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Gnow Sillihp posted on 2014/02/14Ever squinted at a menu or a street sign? This video dives into all the vocabulary you need to talk about eyesight problems and solutions, from 'nearsighted' and 'farsighted' to visiting the 'optometrist'! You'll pick up essential terms and practice pronunciation so you can clearly discuss glasses, contacts, and more.
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