Vocabulary
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- evolve: To develop certain features
- whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- shift: To change in position or direction
- dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
- realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- influx: Sudden arrival of many people or things
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
- civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
- linguistic: Of or relating to language
- withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
- silent: Without making any noise; soundless
- quarter: 25 cents
- commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
- century: Period of 100 years
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- replace: To use instead of something else
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
- comprehend: To understand the meaning of
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- part: Division of a book
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- bastard: Someone whose parents were not married
- vine: Long thin plant that climbs over something
- prologue: Introduction to a written piece of work
- hath: Old form of 'have'
- norse: People from Norway in medieval times
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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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林宜悉 posted on 2024/01/17Ever wondered how English became the language it is today? Dive into the fascinating history from its Indo-European roots through Old and Middle English, exploring how events like the Norman Conquest and the Great Vowel Shift shaped the words you use every day! You'll gain a deeper cultural understanding and pick up some awesome advanced vocabulary along the way.
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