Vocabulary
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- deal with
- build in: To include something as part of a plan, system, or design.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- fill out: To become fatter
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- evolve: To develop certain features
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- spontaneous: Happening on its own, without anyone helping it
- strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
- priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- dude: Form of address for a man
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
- accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
- click: To work well with someone or something
- fit: Good looking; physically attractive
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- trend: Current style or fashion
- unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
- calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
- react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- counterpart: Person/thing having same function/characteristics
- stressful: Worrying; causing tension
- disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
- scarcity: Very small or limited amount of something
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- gastrointestinal: Concerning, affecting, or including both stomach and intestines
- fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
- detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
- liver: Organ from animals served as food
- sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
- savage: Condition of being cruel, violent, uncivilized
- fetus: An unborn baby, at a later stage than an embryo
- fill: To make something full
- clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
- feminine: Concerning or relating to females
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- license: To give official permission to do something
- byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
- return: To hit something back to the other player or team
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- eject: To make a disc or tape come out of a machine
- whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
- newborn: Having just/recently arisen or come into existence
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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 2026/03/04Did you know stressed mothers are twice as likely to have a girl? This fascinating episode dives into the science behind prenatal stress and its surprising effects on the sex ratio, exploring the 'fragile male study' and the 'returning soldier effect'. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary related to psychology and population studies while enjoying some pregnancy humor!
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