broom
US /brum,brʊm/
UK /bru:m/
- Noun
- Brush with a long handle, used for cleaning
B2Morebroomstick
US /ˈbrumˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm-/
UK /ˈbru:mstɪk/
- Noun
- Handle of a broom
C2Morecaptain
US /ˈkæptən/
UK /'kæptɪn/
- Noun
- Title of a senior officer in the military
- Person in charge of a team, a ship or an airplane
- Transitive Verb
- To be in charge of a team, ship or airplane
B1Moreflint
US /flɪnt/
UK /flɪnt/
- Uncountable Noun
- Hard rock that sparks when hit with steel
B2Moregoing on
US /ˈɡoɪŋ ɑn/
UK /ˈgəʊɪŋ ɔn/
- Phrasal Verb
- To continue doing something
- To happen (usually negative)
A1Morepossession
US /pəˈzɛʃən/
UK /pə'zeʃn/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of being under the control of evil spirits
- Crime of having or owning illegal drugs or weapons
- Countable Noun
- Something that is owned by a person
- A territory controlled by a country.
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Vocabulary
- going on: To continue doing something
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- possession: State of being under the control of evil spirits
- leave: To go away from; depart
- captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
- broom: Brush with a long handle, used for cleaning
- season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- harry: Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- clean: Completely; entirely
- game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
- nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
- flint: Hard rock that sparks when hit with steel
- broomstick: Handle of a broom
- madame: Title used for a married Frenchwoman
- quidditch: Game introduced in the Harry Potter books
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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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First Quidditch Match | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/05/23Get ready for some serious magic and mayhem in the first-ever Quidditch match from Harry Potter! You'll be on the edge of your seat watching Gryffindor take on Slytherin, and it's a fantastic chance to pick up real-world situational dialogue and simple sentence structures used in exciting, fast-paced conversations.
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