Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
- work out
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- work over: To physically attack or beat someone severely.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- have on: To be wearing something.
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- amount: Quantity of something
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
- assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
- tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
- metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- favor: Support or approval from people
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
- span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
- tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- important: Having power or authority
- waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
- melt: To disappear or to go away
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- part: Division of a book
- burn: To destroy with fire
- tremendously: Very well or very impressively
- downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
- gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
- inactive: Not moving around a lot or doing many things
- underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
- unreliable: Not able to be trusted or believed
- preferential: Giving better treatment to one rather than another
- jog: To run at a steady, slow pace
- hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
- diver: Person swimming under water
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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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The Unsettling MYTHS About Cardio And Weight Loss... Philip Ovadia
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林宜悉 posted on 2023/06/01Think cardio is the ultimate weight loss secret? This interview with author Philip Ovadia debunks common cardio myths and dives into science-based strategies for muscle maintenance and metabolic health. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and practical insights that challenge everything you thought you knew about exercise!
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