Vocabulary
- family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- deal with
- back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- have to: Must do
- make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
- back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
- frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
- frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
- comprehensive: Including most or all things
- role: Character played by an actor
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
- sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- coalition: Union of separate political parties
- ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
- mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
- minister: An official who heads a government department
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
- point: An item to be discussed
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
- specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
- ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
- extremist: (Of politics, etc.) far stronger than the norm
- muslim: Of or relating to Islam
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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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Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas protest for deal to release their loved ones | DW News
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/27Dive into the powerful stories of families protesting for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. You'll gain a deeper understanding of the ongoing Gaza conflict and practice simple sentence structures used in news reporting. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about current events while improving your English comprehension!
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