Vocabulary
- get it together: To organize your life and become more responsible.
- have to: Must do
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- barely: Only just; just possible
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- beagle: Small short-legged smooth-coated breed of dog
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- call: A order or request for action
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- read: Person's name
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- river: Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea
- week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
- pip: To just beat someone in a competition
- shoo: Said to make people or animals go away
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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
A2 Elementary
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Charlie Brown Gets a Bit Nervous Sometimes! | The Snoopy Show Clip | Apple TV
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/05Ever get nervous speaking in front of people? Charlie Brown totally understands! This clip hilariously shows how even the head beagle struggles with public speaking, giving you a fun look at phrases for when you feel tongue-tied. You'll also pick up some great vocabulary related to books and rivers, even if Charlie Brown mixes them up a bit!
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