Vocabulary
- all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
- to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- stack: A large number or amount of something
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
- wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
- leave: To go away from; depart
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- employee: Person who works for someone else for payment
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- weigh: To balance things against each other
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- fund: To supply money for something
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- homeless: Having no home; living on the streets
- live: To be alive
- pee: To urinate
- earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
- add: To include as well
- wallet: Small flat case for money, credit cards etc.
- billionaire: Person with more than 1,000,000,000 dollars etc.
- strife: Conflict or discord
- subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
- moon: To expose your buttocks as a joke
- homelessness: Having no home; living on the streets
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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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Julianne Sung posted on 2021/08/10Ever wondered what you'd do with Jeff Bezos's money? This hilarious and thought-provoking video uses hyperbole to explore big ideas about wealth, minimum wage, and social issues. You'll pick up simple sentence structures and gain cultural insights while laughing along!
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