Vocabulary
- check out
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- ahead of schedule: Earlier than planned or expected.
- on schedule: According to the timetable; not delayed.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
- have to: Must do
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- with practice: Through repeated exercise or performance, leading to improvement or skill.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in any case: Whatever happens; regardless of what has happened or may happen.
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- with time: As time passes; eventually.
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- financial: Involving money
- bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
- celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
- eternal: Endless; constant; never ending
- syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- resolve: To make a decision to do something
- strengthen: To make something stronger
- important: Having power or authority
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
- curtain: Piece of cloth used to cover a window
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- great: Very good; better than before
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- part: Division of a book
- jewelry: Necklace, ring, etc., often made of gold, etc.
- choir: Group of people who sing together e.g. in church
- kernel: Central small part or aspect, e.g. of truth
- raccoon: A nocturnal mammal with a ringed tail
- colonel: Person with senior rank in an army or air force
- corporal: Concerning or affecting the body
- turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
- ordinal: Being or denoting a number in order in a series
- pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
- glottal: Concerning or produced by the vocal cords
- ch: Abbreviation for Chapter
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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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VoiceTube posted on 2025/06/03Ever stumble over words like 'colonel' or 'anxiety'? Adriana de la Gringa breaks down 15 tricky words that often trip up English learners, focusing on word stress and clear pronunciation. You'll get plenty of practice with this fun, repeat-after-me lesson to boost your American English clarity!
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