Vocabulary
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- by definition: Inherently; as an essential quality or characteristic.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
- jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- dawn: First light of day
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
- apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- scalp: Part of the human head covered by hair
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- happen: To take place or occur
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- refresh: To refill a person's glass with a drink
- tin: Metal container used for storing e.g. food
- shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
- anymore: No longer; no more
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- frizzy: (Of hair) in small tight curls
- salon: Place for hairdressing or beauty treatments
- honey: Sweet, thick golden liquid that is made by bees
- ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
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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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PORCO ROSSO posted on 2025/01/08Oh no, Monica's new hairstyle is a total disaster! You'll love this hilarious scene from Friends as Monica deals with a salon mishap, and you can practice understanding everyday dialogue and simple sentence structures. It's a perfect, funny way to pick up some practical English phrases!
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