Vocabulary
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- have to: Must do
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
- to order: To give an instruction or command.
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- at least: As a minimum
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- check out
- got to: To arrive at some place
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- foundation: Base or important starting point
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
- vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
- innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
- wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
- scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
- deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
- fellow: Man or a boy
- recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
- flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- agency: Business that provides some service for others
- penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
- plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
- physician: A medical doctor
- outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- medal: Metal award, often round, usually for courage
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- happen: To take place or occur
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- long: Person's name
- unify: To bring or join together into one
- rationale: Explanation of justification for something
- normalize: To make something normal or regular
- vector: Math a quantity that has both size and direction
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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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A Scientific Brain Drain Has Followed Trump’s Gutting Of The NIH - Dr. Francis Collins
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/20Ever wondered about the impact of funding cuts on scientific progress? In this fascinating interview, Dr. Francis Collins discusses the "brain drain" from the NIH and what it means for biomedical research. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary related to science and policy while gaining cultural depth on a crucial topic!
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