Vocabulary
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- on all-fours: Position with hands and knees on the ground.
- get down on: To criticize or disapprove of someone or something.
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
- respect: To follow the established rules
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
- skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- shatter: To break into small pieces
- smash: Accident involving vehicles
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
- skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
- slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
- virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- person: Man, woman or child
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- gentle: Kind and quiet in nature; not harsh or violent
- sin: Act that breaks a religious law
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- truth: Real facts about something
- area: Amount of measured space
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- cop: Slang for police officer
- reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
- hardcore: (Of sex films, etc.) extremely explicit
- parasitic: Living on larger plant/animal and dependent on it
- bullshit: Telling lies, nonsense (very rude)
- anymore: No longer; no more
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- birth: Time when a baby or young animal is born
- pelvis: Bone joining the hip to Back and legs
- wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
- brunch: Mixture of breakfast and lunch eaten late morning
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- pox: A disease that leaves marks on the skin
- grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
- watermelon: Large oblong or roundish melon with a green skin
- ether: Formerly, liquid inducing sleep before dental work
Get the full experience in the app
Learn anywhere with detailed sentence and usage analysis
01:03
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.
Get the full experience in the app
Look up words anytime with pronunciation, part of speech, and usage
brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
A2 Elementary
Get the full experience in the app
Practice speaking anytime and get instant pronunciation feedback
Try this speaking exercise.
Try practicing with this sentence.
80
0
Seraya posted on 2020/05/09Get ready for some unfiltered Mother's Day humor with Michael Madsen! You'll hear hilarious, raw stories about childbirth and motherhood that are packed with advanced vocabulary and cultural insights you won't find anywhere else.
Learn this video on the APP!
The VoiceTube App has more in-depth practice for videos!
