Vocabulary
- in your face: Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
- dude: Form of address for a man
- silly: Careless
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
- surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
- thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- pillow: Soft cushion for your head on a bed/while sleeping
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
- alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
- pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
- swamp: Area of land that is wet or covered with water
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
- live: To be alive
- prehistoric: Relating to the period before written history
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- war: Situation where armies fight each other
- bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
- boba: The boba (aka the tiny, chewy black balls at the bottom of the drink) is made from tapioca, which is a gluten-free starch extracted from the root of a cassava plant.
- turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
- candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
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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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Wonder (2017) - My First Friend Scene (3/9) | Movieclips
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a158511 posted on 2025/04/12Get ready for some hilarious kid humor as Auggie makes a new friend in this scene from Wonder! You'll pick up on some super practical, everyday dialogue and simple sentence structures that are perfect for practicing situational conversations.
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