Vocabulary
- breaking dawn: The beginning of daylight; the first appearance of light in the morning.
- name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- at least: As a minimum
- rip off: To cheat; take advantage of; charge too much
- have to: Must do
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- call: A order or request for action
- creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
- act: To behave in a certain way
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
- dawn: First light of day
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
- movie: Motion picture; film
- sex: State of being male or female
- vampire: Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
- shovel: Long tool used for digging; type of spade
- twilight: Period of time just as the sun sets
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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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Elizabeth Chen posted on 2015/01/27Get ready for a hilarious roast of Twilight's Breaking Dawn, packed with plot twists and questionable romance! You'll pick up on cultural commentary and practice simple sentence structures while laughing along with this epic movie takedown.
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