Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- in accordance with: In agreement with; following
- on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
- military: Army or armed forces
- abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- aid: To help others and provide things
- spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
- strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
- professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- respond: To answer something or someone
- soak: To make something completely wet
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- impose: To make someone to do or endure something
- custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
- staff: Employees of a company
- verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- supervision: Act or process of watching, directing a task
- isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
- rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- accordance: Agreement (with a statement, plan etc.)
- activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
- outcry: Show of anger or unhappiness by many people
- zip: To compress digital documents into one file
- ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
- detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
- barefoot: (Walking) without shoes
- lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
- barb: Sharp point which curves backwards
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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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Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege Israeli abuse including rape
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/05/22Dive into the intense stories from the Gaza flotilla activists and hear their firsthand accounts of alleged abuse during Israeli detention. You'll gain deeper cultural understanding and pick up advanced vocabulary related to human rights and international affairs.
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