Vocabulary
- check out
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
- fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- daily: Happening every day
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- shadow: To cover something with shade
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- battle: Military fight between armies
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- noun: The subject or object of a sentence
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- long: Person's name
- tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
- unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
- homepage: First, front page of a website
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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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Learn to Pronounce COMBAT vs COMBAT | American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson #LearnEnglish
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/03/04Ever get tripped up by words that look the same but sound totally different? This video breaks down the tricky pronunciation of 'combat' (noun) versus 'combat' (verb) in American English, focusing on syllable stress and the schwa sound. You'll get tons of practice with shadow drills to nail these heteronyms and boost your English phonetics!
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