Vocabulary
- on time
- at least: As a minimum
- with time: As time passes; eventually.
- reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
- at a snail's pace: Moving very slowly.
- in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
- in the moment: At the present time; now.
- do time: To spend a period in prison as a punishment.
- on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
- in a flash: Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
- think back: To recapture the past
- from the first: From the very beginning.
- first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- have to: Must do
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
- up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- with just: Using only; with no more than.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- presence: The same place or area that a person is
- anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
- texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
- paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
- alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
- craft: To make by hand and with much skill
- crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
- glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- switch: A change or shift from one method to another
- depict: To represent or describe something using words
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
- urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
- boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
- absence: State of not being present, or not existing
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- devote: To dedicate
- duration: Length of time that something lasts
- solely: With no one or nothing else
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- infinity: State of being without end; endless time, space
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- temporal: Concerning time
- pendulum: Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
- trance: Daydreaming state; unaware state
- retrospect: A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
- warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
- hypnotic: Of or producing hypnosis or a similar condition
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- snail: Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
- scant: Being very small in size or amount; sparse
- retrospective: Relating to or thinking about the past
- mosaic: A mixture of various elements
- filmmaker: Person who makes movies; movie producer, director
- auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
- tempo: Speed or pace of something
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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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Time, Tarkovsky And The Pandemic
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/02/01Ever feel like time just warped during lockdown? This video dives into how Andrei Tarkovsky's films and the pandemic changed our perception of time, exploring temporal distortion and memory paradoxes. You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary related to time and culture while exploring fascinating film analysis!
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