Vocabulary
- next to: Being located along side another
- turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- on to: Toward something; forward
- have to: Must do
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- at that time: During a specific point in the past.
- put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- dude: Form of address for a man
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
- literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
- naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- great: Very good; better than before
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- discover: To find something new that was not known before
- frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
- trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- volcano: Mountain through which hot liquid earth can erupt
- unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
- gutter: Trough along the eaves of roof for collecting rain
- nudity: State in which a person is not wearing any clothes
- ancestry: Family or race from which a person is descended
- unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
- overdo: To do or use too much of something
- antidepressant: Medicine used to treat depression
- inspector: Person whose job is to inspect places
- vodka: Alcoholic spirit distilled from potatoes, etc.
- sauna: Room in which hot steam is used to clean the body
- grandma: Mother of your father or mother
- grandpa: Your mother or father's father
- grandfather: Your mother's or father's father
- whoo: Sound people make when they are surprised
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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 2024/02/11Ever wondered about Finnish sauna culture or why Jim Gaffigan is so confused by it? You'll get a hilarious look at everything from vodka saunas to genetic test reveals, picking up some practical cultural insights along the way! This is a fantastic chance to enjoy observational comedy while learning about daily life in another country.
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