Vocabulary
- got to: To arrive at some place
- count on: To depend on someone
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- in question: Being doubted or disputed; under discussion.
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- make it worse: To aggravate a situation; to make something bad even worse.
- in total: Completely; with everything added together.
- in particular: Specifically; especially.
- in terms of
- fight on: To continue fighting despite difficulties or setbacks.
- in every way: In all manners or respects; completely.
- in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
- join in
- turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
- for instance: As an example.
- across the board: Broad in scope or content
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- at least: As a minimum
- being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
- have to: Must do
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- chaotic: Utterly confused
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
- handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
- inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
- resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
- huge: Very very large
- congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
- reckless: Being dangerous and not caring about the results
- budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
- district: Area of a country, city, or town
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- recess: An area that is set back in a room or building
- signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
- policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- public: Owned by the government
- savage: Condition of being cruel, violent, uncivilized
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- senate: A board of governors at a college or university
- elderly: Being very old
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- part: Division of a book
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
- chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
- republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
- blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
- democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
- strangle: To kill by squeezing the throat, e.g. with a rope
- unpopular: Disliked by many people
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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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'We are totally united': Dems on their front-feet against Trump, GOP is showing cracks: Sen. Schumer
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佛斯特 posted on 2025/04/11Ever wonder what's really going on in US politics? This video dives into the heated debates around the Federal Budget, Medicaid cuts, and Social Security, featuring insights from Senator Chuck Schumer himself! You'll pick up advanced vocabulary related to policy and practice understanding real-world political dialogue.
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