Vocabulary
- on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
- at least: As a minimum
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- in operation: Currently working or functioning as intended.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- at the moment: At this time; now
- have to: Must do
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- conduct: Your behavior
- military: Army or armed forces
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- primary: Most important, most basic or essential
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- account: An advantage
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- steer: A cow
- incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
- rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
- aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- investigation: Search for information about something
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
- aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- chief: Leader of a race or group of people
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
- campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
- densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- forensic: Establishing facts or evidence in investigations
- blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
- mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
- explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
- suburb: Residential area on the outskirts of a city
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- takeoff: A composition imitating someones artistic work
- eyewitness: Someone who sees and event with their own eyes
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
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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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At least 19 dead after air force jet crashes into Bangladesh school | BBC News
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/21This news report from BBC News covers a tragic air force jet crash in Bangladesh that resulted in multiple fatalities at a school. You'll hear about the rescue operation and eyewitness accounts, which is a great chance to practice understanding situational dialogue and simple sentence structures in a real-world context.
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