Vocabulary
- by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- all ears: Fully attentive; very interested in hearing what someone has to say.
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- fault: A failure or negative aspect of
- quarter: 25 cents
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- pickle: A cucumber preserved in brine or vinegar
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- weight: How heavy something is
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- testament: Evidence or proof (usually of something good)
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
- love: Person's name
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- joke: To say or do things that are meant to be funny
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- join: To bring something close to another, to become one
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- elk: Largest North American deer that has a lot of hair
- leapt: To enter or start something eagerly
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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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林宜悉 posted on 2026/01/12Get ready for some hilarious action as Spencer and Alex have a wild reunion involving a daring train jump! You'll love the witty banter and rustic dialogue in this period adventure, perfect for practicing situational conversations.
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