Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- the following: Next in order or sequence.
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- have been around: To have a lot of experience in life.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- social workers: Professionals who work to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities by providing support, resources, and advocacy.
- run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- in one year: Within a period of twelve months.
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- girl: A female child; a young woman
- father: A male parent
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- night: Time when sun does not shine
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- talk: Style of speaking
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- daughter: A female child of someone
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- uniform: Set of clothes showing you belong to an army, etc.
- worker: Person who works
- badly: Not in a good way; not as wanted or liked
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- dirty: Not clean
- forest: Large area with many trees
- law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
- education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
- unlucky: Unfortunate; having bad things happen by chance
- fetch: To go and get something and bring it back
- birth: Time when a baby or young animal is born
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- goat: Small animal with beard and horns
- celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- argue: To fight or disagree over something
- sexual: Relating to men and women and their relationships
- hunger: Strong desire or need
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- master: To gain control over something
- bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
- violence: Strong physical force of nature
- landlord: Someone who owns and rents a place to people
- tease: To purposefully bother an animal
- illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
- unfortunate: Having bad luck; bringing a bad result
- injustice: Unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair
- educate: To teach someone in a school or college
- sadness: Unhappy feeling when something bad happened
- slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
- domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
- shed: Small building used for storage
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- gather: To bring objects together into one place
- labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
- enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
- status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
- melody: Song; music
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
- mistress: Woman in sexual relationship with a married man
- trafficking: To sell illegal goods, people as slaves, etc.
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- enroll: To put someone into a group; to register
- liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
- firewood: Wood that can be burned as fuel
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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 2014/03/18Dive into the inspiring story of Suma from Nepal and her fight for education against child trafficking! You'll gain cultural depth by understanding the Kamlari system and pick up practical, simple sentence structures perfect for everyday conversations.
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