Vocabulary
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
- look the other way: To deliberately ignore something wrong or bad that happens.
- home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
- call about: To phone someone for a particular reason
- trouble in: Problems or difficulties existing within a specific place or situation.
- on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- at the crossroads: At a point where an important decision must be made.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- quarter: 25 cents
- border: To be right next to another country or state
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
- disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- rob: Person's name
- reel: To wind something in on a reel; pull something in
- tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
- downtown: Located in the business part of a town
- bleed: To allow a liquid or gas to escape
- sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
- willow: Tree with drooping branches often found near water
- crossroad: Junction where one street or road crosses another
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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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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere | “Highway Patrolman” by Jeremy Allen White
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/12/07Dive into the gritty Americana world of Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman" with Jeremy Allen White's dramatic monologue! You'll explore themes of family loyalty and crime while picking up simple sentence structures and cultural insights perfect for A2 learners.
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