Vocabulary
- result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- have to: Must do
- take it easy
- sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
- write down: To record in writing
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- got to: To arrive at some place
- in hospital: Admitted to a hospital for treatment.
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- look back: To think about past events
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- in particular: Specifically; especially.
- move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
- in terms of
- check out
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- perceive: To notice or become aware of something
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- mental: Concerning the mind
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- interpret: To express so that others understand it
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- previous: Existing or happening before the present time
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
- fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
- filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
- vivid: Having very clear details and seeming to be real
- subsequent: Happening after; later
- define: To explain the meaning of words
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
- investigation: Search for information about something
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
- psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
- fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
- receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
- notification: Act of giving formal or official information
- virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
- medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
- pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- ward: Person's name
- psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
- scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
- plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- numbness: State of not being able to feel or sense something
- pathway: A path or way that you can walk
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- psychotic: Concerning or affected by psychosis; unbalanced
- anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- live: To be alive
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
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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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How a misdiagnosis sent me to psychiatric hospital | BBC Ideas
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/04/04Ever wondered how physical symptoms can be mistaken for mental illness? This powerful story shares one woman's journey through a misdiagnosis that led to a psychiatric hospital, highlighting the crucial connection between the body and mind. You'll gain insight into autoimmune conditions and pick up useful vocabulary for discussing health and diagnosis.
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