Vocabulary

  • urge: A strong desire for something
  • sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • urgent: Very important and needing immediate attention
  • earnest: Serious; determined; not light-hearted
  • earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
  • begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
  • earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
  • herbal: Being made of small plants used for food, medicine
  • word: Unit of language that has a meaning
  • short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
  • early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
  • urgently: So that immediate attention must be given
  • earning: To deserve something because you worked for it
  • earnestly: In a serious manner
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    • earn

      US /ɜ:rn/

      UK /ɜ:n/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To deserve something because you worked for it
      • To get money for work
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    • earnest

      US /ˈɜ:rnɪst/

      UK /ˈɜ:nɪst/

      • Adjective
      • Serious; determined; not light-hearted
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A sum of money paid as a deposit to bind a contract.
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    • earnestly

      US /ˈə:nɪstlɪ/

      UK /'ɜ:nɪstlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In a serious manner
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    • earning

      US /'ɜ:nɪŋ/

      UK /'ɜ:nɪŋ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To deserve something because you worked for it
      • To get money for work
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money obtained in return for labor or services.
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    • herbal

      US /ˈɜ:rbl/

      UK /ˈhɜ:bl/

      • Adjective
      • Being made of small plants used for food, medicine
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    • urge

      US /ɚdʒ/

      UK /ɜ:dʒ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A strong desire for something
      • Strong pressure on someone to do something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To drive something forward
      • To ask or encourage someone to do something
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    • urgent

      US /ˈɜ:rdʒənt/

      UK /ˈɜ:dʒənt/

      • Adjective
      • Very important and needing immediate attention
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    • urgently

      US /ˈə:dʒəntlɪ/

      UK /'ɜ:dʒəntlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • So that immediate attention must be given
      A2
      More
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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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