Vocabulary
- call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
- get here: To arrive at a specific location.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- have to: Must do
- in terms of
- at least: As a minimum
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- take out: To apply for and get a license
- speed things up: To accelerate a process or activity; to make something happen faster.
- up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
- in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
- live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
- perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- insane: Mentally ill; crazy
- consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
- guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
- trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- resolve: To make a decision to do something
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
- visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
- relieve: To make less boring by making some change
- assign: To give someone a particular job to do
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
- unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
- unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
- gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
- paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
- point: An item to be discussed
- gig: Show; performance; job for a musician or performer
- vantage: (usually vantage point) A place or position affording a good view of something
- terminal: End part of some structure or concept
- suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
- flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
- offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
- screen: To hide or block something from being seen
- deterrent: Something stopping people wanting to do something
- dozen: 12 people or things
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- management: People who are in control of a business or group
- assist: To help
- official: Real, exact, truely felt
- area: Amount of measured space
- minimal: The smallest possible; least
- nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
- personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- long: Person's name
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- wheelchair: Movable chair mounted on large wheels
- childcare: Looking after children and babies
- checkpoint: Place where a traveler's ID is checked
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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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Former TSA administrator says having ICE at airport won't 'speed things up'
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Richard VT posted on 2026/03/23Ever wondered if adding more security personnel actually speeds things up at the airport? This video dives into a former TSA administrator's take on ICE deployments at airports, exploring the real impact on traveler delays and crowd control. You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary related to security operations and practice understanding simple sentence structures in a real-world context!
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