Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- bad word: An offensive or taboo word; a swear word.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- end in: To have something as the final result.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- draw out: To lengthen (far beyond the normal limits)
- mix up: To put various things together so they become one
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
- send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- job: Something that must be done
- dollar: A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent
- teach: To help someone learn or do something
- buy: To believe something; accept
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- person: Man, woman or child
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- bad: Not good; wrong
- traveled: To go to a place that is far away
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- luck: Accidental way things happen, often good things
- price: Person's name
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- mix: To combine two or more things to make one
- cash: Physical money (not credit card or digital)
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
- fax: To transmit documents with a facsimile machine
- lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
- tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
- truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
- sex: State of being male or female
- request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
- embarrassing: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
- lorry: Truck; a large vehicle for carrying goods
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
- rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
- pronounced: To state something in a legal or official way
- register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
- sack: To put something in a large bag
- highly: In a manner that shows approval
- slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
- equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- lax: Not careful about your work or attitudes; sloppy
- ck: Abbreviation of various terms, often names or titles.
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- wobbly: Moving with a rocking or staggering motion
- marker: Something that is easy to recognize or identify
- articulate: To express something clearly using language
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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
A2 Elementary
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Zenn posted on 2013/03/30Ever mix up words like 'fax' and 'tax' or 'truck' and 'luck'? This fun pronunciation lesson dives into those tricky 'X' and 'CK' word endings, helping you nail those KS and CK sounds! You'll pick up practical pronunciation tips that make a big difference in your daily English conversations.
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