Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- go in with: To join with others in a business venture or undertaking.
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- firm up: To make something stronger or more definite.
- have a go: To attempt or try something.
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- go on: To continue doing something
- plate up: Put food onto plates to serve at a meal.
- over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- scoop up: To gather or pick up something with a scoop or similar tool.
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
- utterly: Completely
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- firm: Company that sells goods or services
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
- tiny: Very, very small
- fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- primary: Most important, most basic or essential
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- leave: To go away from; depart
- pinch: A very small amount of something
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- buddy: Friend, usually male
- avocado: Pear-shaped fruit with green flesh and large stone
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- gather: To bring objects together into one place
- flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
- mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
- melt: To disappear or to go away
- plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
- sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
- fill: To make something full
- pat: Person's name
- shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
- dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
- simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
- whack: To hit someone or something with great force
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
- delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- add: To include as well
- maple: Any of various trees, some producing syrup
- paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
- cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- coconut: A large nut with a hairy shell and white flesh
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- silky: Having a smooth texture and shiny appearance
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
- elegance: Quality of grace, style, or beauty
- cherry: Small, round fruit with a red or black skin
- mousse: Cold, creamy, usually sweet food eaten for dessert
- cocoa: Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
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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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Chocolate Mousse Surprise! | Jamie Oliver
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林宜悉 posted on 2021/06/26Get ready for a dessert surprise! Jamie Oliver shows you how to make a decadent chocolate mousse and homemade Easter eggs using a secret ingredient: avocado! You'll pick up practical cooking vocabulary and learn simple sentence structures perfect for everyday conversations.
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