Vocabulary
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
- have to: Must do
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- going on: To continue doing something
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
- by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
- stand by: To keep to an agreement
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- point out: To make others aware of an idea
- step aside: To move to the side to allow someone to pass.
- walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
- right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
- next to: Being located along side another
- whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
- work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
- background information: Information that provides context or history relevant to a current situation or topic.
- in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
- advance: Forward movement by an army
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
- organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- complement: To go with so as to make the whole complete
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
- piece: A counter in a board game
- clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
- modify: To make minor change to something
- score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- conjunction: Combination of things or events
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- dependent: Someone who relies on (financial) support
- embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
- multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
- marker: Something that is easy to recognize or identify
- transitive: (Verb) requiring direct object as part of meaning
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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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Advanced English Grammar: Multi-Clause Sentences (Embedded Clauses)
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/06/17Ever get tangled up trying to connect ideas in your sentences? This video breaks down how to build awesome multi-clause sentences with embedded clauses, making your English sound super sophisticated! You'll master complex sentence structures and pick up some advanced vocabulary along the way.
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