Vocabulary
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- current: Electricity flowing through wires
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- section: A part of a whole
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- audio: Concerning sound
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- automate: To make automatic by using machines
- standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
- pulp: Soft, succulent part of a fruit
- discrete: Separate; composed of distinct parts
- cartoon: Drawing or illustration meant to make you laugh
- foundational: Being the base or important starting point
- toefl: Test Of English as a Foreign Language
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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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From Cassettes to the Cloud: Developing the TOEFL Speaking Section with Larry Davis
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/05/26Ever wondered how the TOEFL Speaking Section evolved from cassette tapes to today's digital format? Dive into the fascinating history with Larry Davis, who shares insights into scoring, the section's development, and even his own language learning journey. You'll get a unique look at the TOEFL's past and present, plus some great vocabulary along the way!
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