Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- slippery slope: An idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.
- lead to: To result in some action
- scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- military: Army or armed forces
- conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
- personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- require: To demand that someone does something
- candidate: Politician who is running for public office
- congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
- pathetic: Causing feelings of sadness, pity and sympathy
- declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
- technically: In an exact and particular manner
- contradict: To say the opposite is so; say something different
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
- approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- argue: To fight or disagree over something
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
- great: Very good; better than before
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
- overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
- presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
- happen: To take place or occur
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- gay: Happy and bright
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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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MAGA won't admit that Trump started a war with Iran, even if it means cribbing from Putin's playbook
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Richard VT posted on 2026/03/04Ever wonder how politicians talk about war? This video hilariously breaks down the rhetoric around a potential Iran conflict, showing how promises can get twisted and even cribbed from Putin's playbook! You'll get a great feel for cultural nuances in political messaging and practice understanding simple sentence structures.
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