Vocabulary
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- by the book: According to the rules; strictly
- cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
- urge: A strong desire for something
- despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
- sake: Japanese rice wine
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- palm: Inner area of a person's hand
- enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- great: Very good; better than before
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- sin: Act that breaks a religious law
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
- pilgrim: Traveler going to a place with religious meaning
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- pray: To speak to your god to request help
- prayer: Words spoken to your god for help
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- thou: An old-fashioned word for you
- dear: Loved or valued very much
- trespass: To enter property without permission
- madam: Way to refer to an older woman you do not know
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- thine: An old-fashioned word for your
- son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
- kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
- romeo: An ardent male lover
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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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Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Star-crossed Lovers Scene (2/5) | Movieclips
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Elise Chuang posted on 2021/07/21Get ready for some seriously poetic language from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet! You'll dive into the iconic 'star-crossed lovers' scene, picking up rich vocabulary and seeing how simple sentence structures can create powerful dialogue. It's a fantastic way to explore cultural depth and practice listening to Elizabethan English!
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