Vocabulary
- live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
- send off: To force someone to leave a game
- get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
- fart: To break wind; to emit gas from the anus
- flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
- sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- salute: Raising your hand to your head to show respect
- throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- great: Very good; better than before
- business: A company formed for making profit
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- award: To give a prize for doing something well
- farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
- elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
- evil: Act considered morally bad
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- cough: To suddenly expel air from the lungs
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- chuckle: To laugh quietly, as when amused
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- dental: Concerning the teeth
- groan: To make a deep sound from despair, pain etc.
- sigh: Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
- lab: Short for 'laboratory'
- employment: The state of being in work or having a job
- kid: Child or young person
- grunt: To utter a deep sound like that of a pig
- sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
- jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
- haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
- berry: Small, round fruit from plants and trees
- whir: To make a fast repeated quiet sound
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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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Despicable Me 2 (3/10) Movie CLIP - Dr. Nefario Quits (2013) HD
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Minnie posted on 2021/03/24Ever wondered what happens when a mad scientist decides to retire from evil? This hilarious clip from Despicable Me 2 features Dr. Nefario's quirky farewell, giving you a fun chance to practice simple sentence structures and situational dialogue from a workplace scenario. You'll pick up some great everyday phrases while enjoying a lighthearted, family-friendly scene!
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