Vocabulary
- take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
- number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
- on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- on fire: Very successful or popular
- on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
- on site: At the location of a particular activity or project.
- at least: As a minimum
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- initial: First letter of your given name
- fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- federal: Consisting of several united states
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- spill: Accident when someone falls
- additional: Further or added
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- investigation: Search for information about something
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- fully: Completely or entirely
- partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- barrel: To travel at high speed
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
- preliminary: Happening or necessary before a thing happens
- airborne: Being in the air
- cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
- roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
- datum: Item of factual information
- rattle: To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
- governor: Person who leads a state or province
- erupt: To begin doing something or happen suddenly
- spew: To come out or push out with force
- residual: Referring to the amount left over
- runway: Long road where planes take off and land
- takeoff: A composition imitating someones artistic work
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- eyewitness: Someone who sees and event with their own eyes
- fireball: Ball of fire (such as the sun)
- abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet
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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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Video shows KY plane crash, massive fireball that killed at least 7
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Minjane posted on 2025/11/05Check out this intense news report about the UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky, complete with dramatic security camera footage of a massive fireball! You'll get a chance to practice understanding factual reporting and simple sentence structures as you follow the details of this developing story.
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