Vocabulary
- plan on: To intend to do something; to expect to do something.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- do over: To repeat an action; do something again
- next to: Being located along side another
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- student union: An organization of students in a college or university that represents their interests and provides services.
- at least: As a minimum
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- this day and age: The present period or modern times.
- in this day and age: In the present time; nowadays.
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
- dude: Form of address for a man
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- hangover: Ill feeling from drinking too much alcohol
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- disgusting: Having a very bad taste
- degree: Amount or extent of something
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
- bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
- shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
- laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
- campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
- shove: To roughly push someone or something away
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- syllabus: Teaching schedule for a school or college course
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
- sanitizer: (also hand sanitizer) A liquid for washing your hands in order to get rid of harmful bacteria from them
- swab: To wipe or clean with water or a mop
- picture: General situation or state of being
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- pee: To urinate
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- puke: (Informal) to vomit; be sick
- age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- date: To have become old-fashioned
- headache: Pain in the head
- zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
- mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
- beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
- indent: To make a mark or groove in something
- logo: Name, symbol or picture which represents a company
- satan: An evil spirit said to be in control of hell
- mini: Small British car
- offscreen: Not on the screen; in real life, not in the movie
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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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Seraya posted on 2020/09/14Remember college during the pandemic? This hilarious stand-up sketch dives into the relatable chaos of Zoom classes, COVID tests, and dorm life back in 2020! You'll pick up tons of everyday phrases and cultural insights about navigating campus life during those unique times.
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