Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
- home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
- for nothing: Without payment or reward; to no purpose or effect; in vain
- grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
- ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
- itching to: Desperate (to do something)
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- quick look: A brief or cursory inspection or examination.
- heading home: Going towards one's home.
- at least: As a minimum
- live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
- on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- set up
- in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
- leave: To go away from; depart
- soggy: Unpleasantly wet
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- fleet: Group of ships under one commander
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- deep: Complex and important
- frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
- boil: To become extremely angry or excited
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
- elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- moist: Being a little bit wet, often in a pleasing way
- coaster: Mat placed under a glass to protect furniture
- coat: Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
- sap: Foolish person who is easy to trick
- dinosaur: Reptile that lived millions of years ago
- lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
- friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
- ray: Person's name
- whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
- bubbly: Full of bubbles, like a soda
- cocoa: Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
- pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
- grandpa: Your mother or father's father
- sitter: Person looking after children for parents
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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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Curious George 🐵 Maple Monkey Madness 🥞 Pancake Day! 🐵Kids Cartoon 🐵
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onomashuono posted on 2026/05/18Get ready for some Pancake Day fun with Curious George! You'll love following along as George makes maple syrup and tackles a paper route, picking up everyday phrases and learning about cultural traditions along the way.
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