Vocabulary
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- crucial: Extremely important or necessary
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- extreme: Very great in degree
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- spot: A certain place or area
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- express: To send something by fast mail
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- conduct: Your behavior
- leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
- veteran: Person experienced through long service
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- aid: To help others and provide things
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
- breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
- violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- violence: Strong physical force of nature
- politician: Someone whose job is in politics
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- border: To be right next to another country or state
- arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
- coalition: Union of separate political parties
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- sack: To put something in a large bag
- citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
- outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
- ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
- torment: Great mental or physical pain
- convict: Person in prison
- intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
- part: Division of a book
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- escalation: An increase in severity
- picture: General situation or state of being
- deportation: Act of expelling a person from their native land
- happen: To take place or occur
- accordance: Agreement (with a statement, plan etc.)
- international: Of or relating to several countries
- outcry: Show of anger or unhappiness by many people
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
- rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
- detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- convoy: Group of moving vehicles, e.g. of an army/navy
- blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
- paramilitary: Fighting force patterned on military training
- incitement: Rousing people to action, e.g. a riot
- hardline: Extreme and stubborn in your beliefs or opinions
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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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Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists | BBC News
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/05/21Ever wondered about the intense situations at sea? This BBC News report dives into a controversial incident involving a Gaza-bound flotilla and a far-right Israeli minister, giving you a front-row seat to international reactions. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary related to political events and complex sentence structures as you learn about this significant global news story!
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