Vocabulary
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- cook up: To invent a story or plan, especially dishonestly.
- lay back: To recline or lie down in a relaxed manner.
- work out
- get you going: To start or motivate someone to start doing something.
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- have to: Must do
- tv show: A television program.
- serve up: To present food to someone, typically in a restaurant or at home.
- cut loose: To free oneself from a restriction or obligation.
- leg it: To run away
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
- tiny: Very, very small
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
- wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- edible: Being safe to eat
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
- agency: Business that provides some service for others
- raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
- narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
- visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
- sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
- thigh: Upper part of a bird's leg, e.g. eaten as food
- chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
- lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
- dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
- dietary: Concerning the food one consumes
- mad: Very angry
- horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
- liver: Organ from animals served as food
- horrific: Terrifying and shocking
- sketch: Brief account of something without many details
- grizzly: Grayish
- gruesome: Showing horrible scenes, e.g. showing blood
- dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
- slick: Confident; effortlessly effective
- annoy: To make someone angry
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- toothpaste: A paste used for cleaning teeth
- marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
- vampire: Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
- dead: Not alive
- bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
- surely: With certainty; definitely
- gummy: Having the sticky properties of an adhesive; covered with adhesive gum
- final: Last game in a series in a competition
- knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
- look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
- jack: To increase the amount or intensity of something
- fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
- read: Person's name
- yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
- duct: Narrow tube carrying a liquid within body or plant
- sever: To cut off
- teeter: To stand or walk moving from side to side
- cocoa: Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
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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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Hollywood's Horror Chef
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/06/19Ever wondered how they create those shocking, gruesome props for shows like Hannibal? Dive behind the scenes with a food stylist who turns everyday ingredients into something terrifyingly real, and pick up some advanced vocabulary for describing visceral aesthetics along the way!
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