Vocabulary
- on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
- family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
- clamp down on: To take strict measures to control or limit something.
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- interact: To talk or do things with each other
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- path: Method of living leading to a particular result
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- aid: To help others and provide things
- asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
- fellow: Man or a boy
- mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
- wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
- humility: Quality of not feeling better than others
- evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
- bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
- gather: To bring objects together into one place
- grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
- active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
- accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
- legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
- secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
- immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
- part: Division of a book
- warrant: Official authorization for some action or decision
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- knit: To join or be joined closely together
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- believe: To think or accept that something is true
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- homeland: Country where you were born
- clamp: Something used to fasten two things together
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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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National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, DHS chief says | REUTERS
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/12/01Dive into a real-world news report where you'll learn about the investigation into a shooting near the White House and how the suspect may have been radicalized. This video is a fantastic opportunity to boost your vocabulary with terms related to investigations, homeland security, and asylum cases!
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