Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- skate around: To avoid dealing directly with a topic or issue.
- on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
- crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- previous: Existing or happening before the present time
- casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
- clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- filthy: Being very rude (about sex, bodily functions)
- memorable: Worthy of being remembered; striking; outstanding
- clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
- divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- slam: To criticize sharply
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- drown: To kill something by putting it under water
- volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
- reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- own: To have something as your property
- shut: To stop being open for business
- impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- rusty: Performing badly from lack of practice
- wiggle: To move from side to side with short fast movement
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
- unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
- madly: In an uncontrolled manner
- blessing: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
- tire: To lose, cause to lose energy so you want to rest
- skate: Flat sea fish
- popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
- underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
- horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock
- skater: Person who moves wearing ice skates
- emmy: Annual award for achievements in US TV
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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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Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair | Cast Reactions to Original Series
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/04/01Get ready for a blast from the past with the Malcolm in the Middle cast as they rewatch iconic moments, including that wild roller skate episode! You'll love hearing their behind-the-scenes stories and picking up on natural, situational dialogue that's perfect for everyday conversations.
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