Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- pack up: To put things into boxes and take them home
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- heading to: Going in a particular direction.
- head out: To leave a place; depart
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
- walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
- fill out: To become fatter
- up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
- set up
- in places: In some locations but not others
- throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
- rip off: To cheat; take advantage of; charge too much
- at least: As a minimum
- in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- move to: To change the place where you live or work.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- dumb: Senseless; stupid
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- appearance: The way a person looks to others
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- fortune: What might happen to you in the future
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- clumsy: Moving or doing things awkwardly
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- celery: Long hard thin green vegetable
- fill: To make something full
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
- charm: Quality of making people like you; attractiveness
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
- studio: Place for painting, broadcasting, etc.
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
- apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
- wallet: Small flat case for money, credit cards etc.
- backyard: Made in an amateurish or non-professional way
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
- peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
- gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
- dirty: Not clean
- sponsorship: Money given to a student to pay for education
- engrave: To cut an image or message into stone, metal
- airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
- typo: Mistake in printed matter
- curvy: Having curves; (of woman) full-figured
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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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Ending Long Distance, New Apartment, and my Japanese Fiance's Reverse Culture Shock // Ep. 22
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/02/02Get ready for a real-life adventure as you follow along with apartment hunting in Japan and the emotional rollercoaster of reverse culture shock! You'll pick up practical daily phrases and cultural insights, making this vlog a fun way to boost your A2++ level skills.
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