Vocabulary
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- far cry from: Very different from.
- teem with: To be full of; to abound or swarm with.
- for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
- check out
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- evolve: To develop certain features
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- cruise: To easily achieve
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- tranquility: Absence of stress, noise or movement; serenity
- resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
- abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
- dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- leave: To go away from; depart
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- lavish: To use or give a lot of something
- attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
- firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
- myriad: Very large quantity of something
- marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- paradise: Place with everything needed for specific activity
- lagoon: Small lake surrounded by rocks; channel of water
- business: A company formed for making profit
- metropolis: Very large and important city
- income: Earned money from work, investments or business
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- part: Division of a book
- coral: Color that is a combination of pink and orange
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
- freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
- whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
- dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
- bustle: To move energetically or busily
- scuba: Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
- sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
- diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
- muslim: Of or relating to Islam
- sandy: Person's name
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
- southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area
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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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About the Maldives: Dream Holidays to the Islands of the Maldives!
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Alvin Chen posted on 2021/01/15Dreaming of the Maldives? This video is your ultimate guide, packed with info on everything from scuba diving with whale sharks to exploring luxury resorts and island hopping! You'll pick up practical travel vocabulary and learn fascinating cultural insights that go way beyond the typical tourist brochure.
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