Vocabulary
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- client: Person paying for professional services
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- business: A company formed for making profit
- forbid: To order someone not to do something
- nephew: Son of your brother or sister
- iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- probation: Reporting to police, instead of being jailed
- snitch: To take by theft; to steal
- visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
- badger: Small forest animal with thick black and white fur
- lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- canary: Small yellow songbird that can be kept as a pet
- breaker: Device that switches electricity on or off
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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 English with BREAKING BAD — Walter White Meets SAUL GOODMAN
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/03/08Ever wondered how Walter White talks his way out of trouble? Dive into this Breaking Bad scene to pick up some seriously useful legal vocabulary and advanced expressions you won't find in textbooks! You'll also master natural pronunciation and connected speech, making your English sound way more authentic.
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