Vocabulary
- in flames: Burning fiercely
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- stand up to: To resist or fight someone who is being aggressive
- go away: To go on vacation
- much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
- only from: Exclusively originating or sourced from a particular place or entity.
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
- at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- search for: To try to find someone or something.
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
- ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
- urge: A strong desire for something
- exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
- intuition: Natural ability to guess or feel things
- resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- perseverance: Act of continuing to try despite difficulties
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- vivid: Having very clear details and seeming to be real
- mundane: Being ordinary and therefore boring
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
- talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- portray: To play a character in theater or on film
- animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
- analysis: Careful study to better understand something
- persevere: To continue to try despite difficulties
- complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- staff: Employees of a company
- dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
- horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
- greatness: Property of outstanding importance or eminence
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- relentlessly: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
- erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
- fragility: Lack of strength; easily broken or harmed
- backbone: Strength and determination
- muse: To think about slowly or over a long period
- vigor: Energy, strength, or good health
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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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Hayao Miyazaki's Thoughts on Creativity & Imagination
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Elise Chuang posted on 2021/06/21Ever wondered what sparks the magic behind Studio Ghibli's incredible worlds? Dive into Hayao Miyazaki's personal insights on creativity and imagination, exploring how even difficult experiences can fuel amazing art! You'll pick up some fascinating vocabulary and get a deeper understanding of this beloved animation legend.
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