Vocabulary
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
- band together: To unite or form a group for a particular purpose.
- call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
- stand out
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- constant: Happening frequently or without pause
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
- campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
- revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
- conference: Series of lectures held as an event
- accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
- irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- craft: To make by hand and with much skill
- willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- typical: Normal; usual; expected
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
- identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
- infinite: Being very large in amount
- inferior: Being of little importance or worth
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
- tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
- empower: To give someone a power or ability
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- societal: Concerning society or a society
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- recur: To occur again or repeatedly
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- uninterrupted: Without being interrupted, stopped or disturbed
- monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
- fragmentation: Separating something into fine particles
- online: Connected to the internet
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
- forevermore: At any future time; in the future
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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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Why you can't pay attention: takeaways from the book Stolen Focus
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/18Feeling like your attention span is shorter than ever? This video dives into Johan Hari's "Stolen Focus" and reveals why we're all struggling to concentrate, offering practical tips to reclaim your focus and get back into a flow state. You'll pick up useful phrases for discussing daily distractions and learn about the cultural forces impacting our attention!
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