Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- in reverse: In the opposite direction.
- bring back: To cause to remember
- to date: Up to the present time; until now.
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- in little: To a small extent; insignificantly.
- come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
- from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- vital: Needed to support life; essential
- insane: Mentally ill; crazy
- concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
- creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
- executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
- dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
- stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
- recession: Act of moving backward gradually
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- tiny: Very, very small
- identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- disgusting: Having a very bad taste
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- recess: An area that is set back in a room or building
- creature: Animal of any type
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
- forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- staff: Employees of a company
- chief: Leader of a race or group of people
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- great: Very good; better than before
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- acceptable: Satisfactory; good enough
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- pardon: To forgive for some error or fault; let off
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
- meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
- rattle: To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- measurement: Size or amount of something or someone
- pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- pierce: Person's name
- outlaw: Person hiding from police after breaking the law
- hispanic: Connected with Spanish-speaking culture
- apprehend: To arrest someone
- bitch: To aggressively complain about something
- handedly: Ability to do something with your hand
- eve: The time just before something happens
- overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
- latina: Woman with a Spanish-speaking background
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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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MuYun Huang posted on 2025/05/06Ever wondered how political satire uses humor to talk about big topics? This SNL sketch hilariously tackles executive orders with spot-on impressions and witty dialogue, giving you a fun way to practice situational conversations and cultural references!
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