Vocabulary
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- have to: Must do
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- around town: In the local area or vicinity.
- spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
- on sale: Available at a reduced price
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
- chaotic: Utterly confused
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- account: An advantage
- insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
- entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
- luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- vary: To change something and make it different
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- doable: Able to be done; possible
- important: Having power or authority
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- public: Owned by the government
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- miscellaneous: Including many things of different kinds; various
- trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
- rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
- makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
- landlord: Someone who owns and rents a place to people
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
- skincare: Products designed to nourish the skin
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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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全英|在美国生活,一个月要花多少钱?How much does it cost to live in America? This is how much I spend in a month.
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邱春福 posted on 2025/01/08Ever wondered about the real cost of living in the US? This video gives you a super practical, month-long breakdown of expenses, covering everything from rent and student loans to health insurance and even daily commutes on public transportation! You'll pick up tons of useful vocabulary for discussing finances and daily life abroad.
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