Vocabulary
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- poverty: State of being poor
- specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
- necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- conduct: Your behavior
- quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
- shrink: To become smaller
- afford: To make available, to provide
- paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
- compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
- survey: Broad view or general description of something
- irrational: Not sensible or reasonable; illogical
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
- trend: Current style or fashion
- belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
- coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
- peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- boutique: Small fashionable shop
- surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
- abject: Very great (fear, poverty, loneliness etc.)
- flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
- spree: Short intense period of shopping/killing etc.
- bomb: To attack with explosives
- tinder: Material for starting a fire
- online: Connected to the internet
- rationality: Being able to think clearly
- lien: Law charge on property to satisfy a debt or duty
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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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Why People Went on Shopping Sprees After Quarantine - The Internet Explained (E4)
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林宜悉 posted on 2022/09/18Ever wondered why people went on massive shopping sprees after quarantine? This video dives into the fascinating concept of 'revenge spending' and explores the consumer behavior behind it, especially in China! You'll pick up practical vocabulary related to shopping and economics while learning about a unique cultural phenomenon.
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