Vocabulary
- in conjunction with: Together with; along with
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- urge: A strong desire for something
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- military: Army or armed forces
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
- urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
- civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- annual: Happening once a year, or every year
- defense: Argument in support of something
- council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- defend: To protect and explain your position in court
- conjunction: Combination of things or events
- attend: To take care of someone in need
- opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- embassy: Building where an ambassador works
- legislature: Official group with the authority to make laws
- pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- dollar: A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent
- team: Group of people working on a task together
- green: Color of young leaves
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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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AIT Director Observes Civil Defense Exercise｜TaiwanPlus News
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dvidtung9 posted on 2026/04/20Curious about Taiwan's civil defense readiness? This video dives into the Hanguang Exercises and why urban resilience is so important, featuring insights from the AIT Director! You'll pick up advanced vocabulary related to defense and complex sentence structures while getting a deeper cultural understanding of Taiwan's preparedness.
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