Vocabulary
- going on: To continue doing something
- in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- social bonds: The connections and relationships between individuals in a society that promote cohesion and mutual support.
- such as: For example; like
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- in the presence of: While someone or something else is present.
- call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
- check out
- phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
- aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- presence: The same place or area that a person is
- capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
- seek: To ask someone for help
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- breed: Kind of / sort of
- abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
- extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
- retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
- peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
- violence: Strong physical force of nature
- lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
- endemic: Natural to or typical of a specific place/people
- animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
- conceive: To become pregnant
- disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
- colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
- sync: Short for 'synchronization'
- narcissistic: Admiring yourself excessively
- cater: To cook or serve at an event for a fee
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- defend: To protect and explain your position in court
- detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
- mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
- argue: To fight or disagree over something
- rodent: Animal that gnaws/bites, e.g. rat, mouse, rabbit
- laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
- exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
- exponentially: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
- density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- introspection: Thinking deeply within yourself, about yourself
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- utopia: Imagined perfect society
- mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
- spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
- visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
- penthouse: (Luxury) apartment on the top floor of a building
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- parent: Person's, animal's mother or father
- utopian: Being like an ideal society
- cannibalism: Practice of one human eating another
- pathology: Study of diseases and their effect on the body
- colonization: Act of taking control over a place
- lone: Being alone or the only one; single
- seclude: To hide (yourself/another) away to be private
- asexuality: Lack of sex e.g. organs for reproduction
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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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The Universe 25 Experiment [All Mice Died]
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/28Ever wondered what happens when a perfect society goes wrong? Dive into the fascinating Universe 25 experiment and discover how overcrowding can lead to social collapse, picking up advanced vocabulary along the way! This video is a fantastic chance to explore complex ideas with clear explanations and simple sentence structures.
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