Vocabulary
- news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
- senior center: A community center that provides services and activities for older adults.
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- conference: Series of lectures held as an event
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- additional: Further or added
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- chief: Leader of a race or group of people
- blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
- athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
- stable: In a position where something does not fall over
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
- preliminary: Happening or necessary before a thing happens
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- live: To be alive
- sheriff: Officer who enforces the law in an area
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- center: Community place people go health or social reasons
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- call: A order or request for action
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- reunification: State of putting separate things together again
- genesis: Beginning of something important
- officer: Person of high position in an organization
- decease: To die
- gent: Shortened form of 'gentleman'
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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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NEW: Police identify suspect in Michigan church shooting
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Minjane posted on 2025/09/29Ever wondered how officials communicate during a crisis? This video features a live press conference about a church shooting, giving you a fantastic chance to practice situational dialogue and pick up useful phrases for understanding urgent updates. You'll hear directly from the Michigan State Police and Genesee County Sheriff, making it a real-world learning experience!
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