Vocabulary
- on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
- at sea
- deal with
- take it away: To remove something.
- scoop it up: To acquire or collect something quickly and eagerly.
- hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
- up until now: Until the present time; so far.
- in charge: To be responsible for
- on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
- upwards of: More than; at least.
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
- in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
- have to: Must do
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- dump: To end a romantic relationship
- cruise: To easily achieve
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- stack: A large number or amount of something
- fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
- facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
- convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- usage: Amount something is used
- landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- corporation: Big company or a combination of several companies
- symphony: Harmony of color or sound
- aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- carnival: Traveling amusement show with rides and sideshows
- trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
- area: Amount of measured space
- byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
- quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
- filtration: Process whereby fluids pass through a filter
- cardboard: Lightweight paper board
- mesh: Crisscrossed wires to allow air/liquid through
- purify: To make pure by removing unwanted substances
- compress: To press tightly together
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
- purification: Act of removing unwanted substances
- suction: Process of extracting air, as to cause to stick
- incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
- clink: To make light sound as when glasses are tapped
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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 Waste Is Dealt With On The World's Largest Cruise Ship
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joey joey posted on 2021/11/27Ever wondered what happens to all the trash on a giant cruise ship? Dive behind the scenes of the Symphony of the Seas to see their amazing waste-to-energy systems and learn some seriously useful vocabulary about sustainability and ship engineering!
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