Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- set up
- holding out hope: To continue to hope that something will happen, even if it seems unlikely.
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- initial: First letter of your given name
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- private: Being away from others and quiet
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- account: An advantage
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- seek: To ask someone for help
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
- leave: To go away from; depart
- rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
- collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
- makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
- minister: An official who heads a government department
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
- province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
- broadly: In a general (not detailed) manner
- wreckage: Remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
- derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
- rail: To complain or object forcefully
- identification: (Card or paper) that proves who a person is
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
- victor: Person who wins a game or other competition
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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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Spain deploys cranes to find bodies in train wreckage | REUTERS
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/01/20Ever wondered how authorities identify victims after a major disaster? This video dives into the intense efforts to recover and identify victims from a Spanish train crash, using DNA identification and highlighting the families' wait. You'll gain insight into complex sentence structures and cultural depth as you follow this real-world news report.
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