Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- gain access: To obtain the ability or right to enter or use something.
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- commercial: Radio or television advertisement
- venue: Place, area where an event is held or takes place
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- vibrant: Having a lot of energy and being very active
- incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- public: Owned by the government
- mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
- collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- official: Real, exact, truely felt
- mount: To attach something to something else
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- area: Amount of measured space
- pavement: Surface next to a road for people to walk on
- residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
- transfer: To move to a different place, job or school
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
- boulevard: Wide, grand street often with trees on both sides
- sidewalk: Paved area for pedestrians, usually beside a road
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- department: Division of a larger part or organization
- local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- injure: To do (usually physical) harm or damage to
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
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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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Several critically injured in LA after vehicle driven into crowd, emergency services say | BBC News
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/19This BBC News report dives into a serious incident where a vehicle drove into a crowd in Los Angeles, leaving several people critically injured. You'll get a chance to practice understanding breaking news vocabulary and grasp the cultural context of a late-night event. It's a powerful look at bystander aid and emergency response in action!
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