Vocabulary
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- vital: Needed to support life; essential
- devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
- shift: To change in position or direction
- fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
- addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- equal: Same in shape, size, or number
- accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
- fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
- urgent: Very important and needing immediate attention
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- cross: Angry and upset
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
- certainty: Feeling that you really know something; being sure
- come: To arrive at a place
- doorstep: Wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway
- warm: To become more friendly or to like something
- warn: To tell someone about possible danger
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
- early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
- meteorological: Of the weather or weather forecasts
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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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UN chief gives urgent climate warning as El Nino looms
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/02Get ready for an urgent climate update! The UN chief explains how the looming El Niño could significantly worsen global warming and what critical actions we need to take. You'll learn key phrases for discussing climate change and the transition to renewable energy.
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