Vocabulary
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- speed up: To move more quickly
- get by with: To manage or cope with something, often with limited resources.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- mnemonic device: A technique or strategy used to improve memory.
- in addition to: Besides; as well as
- write down: To record in writing
- by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- rely on: To depend on someone or something
- check out
- turn on
- thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- mental: Concerning the mind
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- repetition: When something occurs again
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- silly: Careless
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
- journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
- gigantic: Extremely large
- visualize: To create a picture in your mind of something
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
- organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
- exaggeration: Act of trying to make things seem more extreme
- frequency: Number of repetitions of (radio or sound) wave
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- auditory: Of the process of hearing
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
- rank: To rate or class things
- discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- customize: To make, change according to the user's needs
- memorization: Conscious learning of something e.g. words
- donkey: Animal like a small horse used to transport things
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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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Miho Ishii posted on 2021/03/02Struggling to remember new English words? This video reveals 7 practical tips and memory techniques, like spaced repetition and contextual learning, to help you memorize vocabulary super fast! You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and learn how to make it stick for good.
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