Vocabulary
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- going on: To continue doing something
- behind closed doors: In private; secretly or confidentially.
- under the radar: Without being noticed; avoiding attention.
- turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
- fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- financial: Involving money
- retention: Act of holding something inside the body
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- account: An advantage
- scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
- district: Area of a country, city, or town
- investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
- invest: To use resources to build for the future
- fortune: What might happen to you in the future
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- leave: To go away from; depart
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- depth: Distance below a surface
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- journalist: Writer of news reports for newspapers etc.
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
- fraudulent: Using dishonest ways to take something valuable
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- the: Used to refer to something already mentioned
- lottery: Betting game of buying tickets to win money
- radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
- uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
- frog: Small hopping amphibian
- investigative: Searching for information or truth
- tel: Short form of 'telephone', used with phone numbers
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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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How Investments Scams Work | Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
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林宜悉 posted on 2022/09/30Ever wondered how those slick investment scams actually work? This documentary goes undercover to expose a massive call center scam in Tel Aviv, showing you the real tactics they use! You'll pick up practical workplace vocabulary and learn about the fascinating, and sometimes shocking, world of financial fraud.
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