Vocabulary
- on time
- for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
- miss out: To exclude; not include in something
- building sites: Areas of land where buildings are being constructed.
- good bit: A significant amount or portion.
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- replace with: To put something new in the place of something old or broken.
- way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- such as: For example; like
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- huge: Very very large
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
- institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- conceal: To hide; prevent from being discovered
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
- approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- staff: Employees of a company
- verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
- public: Owned by the government
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- exploitation: Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
- recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
- mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
- immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
- migration: Process of moving to live in another place
- descent: Movement downward; movement toward something bad
- deportation: Act of expelling a person from their native land
- tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
- hispanic: Connected with Spanish-speaking culture
- superintendent: Person in charge of a department or organization
- homeland: Country where you were born
- eligibility: Able to be chosen or selected
- illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
- spook: To scare; frighten
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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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Construction industry faces costly delays as ICE raids sow fear | REUTERS
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/28Ever wondered how immigration raids impact everyday jobs? This video dives into the construction industry's struggles with labor shortages and project delays due to ICE enforcement, giving you a chance to pick up advanced vocabulary and understand complex sentence structures in a real-world context!
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