Vocabulary
- chuck away: To throw something away because it is no longer wanted.
- come undone: To become unfastened or loosened; to unravel.
- in detail: Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- under the knife: To undergo a surgical operation.
- wait on: To serve customers in a restaurant, shop, etc.
- in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
- strike: To hit something
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
- divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
- preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
- precision: Performed in a very careful, detailed manner
- snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
- labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
- curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
- leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
- sink: To push something down into the ground
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
- tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
- grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
- devour: To eat quickly and hungrily
- fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
- tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
- waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
- horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
- flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
- detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
- melt: To disappear or to go away
- plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
- cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
- great: Very good; better than before
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
- bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
- supply: Availability of products and services for use
- slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
- wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
- dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
- bait: Piece of food used to catch or trap an animal
- sin: Act that breaks a religious law
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- carcass: Dead body of an animal
- meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- slit: To make a narrow cut
- come: To arrive at a place
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- mole: Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
- hunger: Strong desire or need
- thy: An old-fashioned word for your
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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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簡簡 posted on 2025/11/01Dive into the macabre world of "BUTCHER VANITY" and explore a chilling gothic romance with unreliable narration! You'll love picking up on the simple sentence structures used to build suspense in this psychological horror music video.
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