Vocabulary
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in passing: Mentioned briefly or casually without focus.
- cancel out: To neutralize or negate the effect of something else.
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
- capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
- grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
- innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- possess: To enter a person's mind or body as a spirit
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- courtesy: Polite and respectful behavior
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
- person: Man, woman or child
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- demon: Cruel wicked and inhuman person or spirit
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- sin: Act that breaks a religious law
- betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- betrayal: Act of giving knowledge or information to an enemy
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- banquet: Grand formal dinner
- evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
- weep: To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
- traitor: Person who betrays your country or someone's trust
- hunger: Strong desire or need
- cannibalism: Practice of one human eating another
- inferno: Large fire in a building or other place
- sinner: One who sins; one breaking a religious law
- archbishop: (Catholic) bishop controlling churches in an area
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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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Dante's Inferno | Canto 33 Summary & Analysis
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蔡炘諭 posted on 2025/10/19Dive into the chilling Canto 33 of Dante's Inferno and explore the harrowing tale of Count Ugolino! You'll not only get a fascinating summary and analysis of this tragic story of betrayal and cannibalism but also pick up advanced vocabulary and complex sentence structures that will boost your English skills.
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