Vocabulary
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- poverty: State of being poor
- strike: To hit something
- amount: Quantity of something
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- military: Army or armed forces
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- diminish: To make something smaller or less important
- temporarily: For a limited amount of time
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- leave: To go away from; depart
- drone: A remote controlled flying device
- recruit: Person who has just joined the military
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- alive: Living; not dead
- outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
- recruitment: Act of enlisting people into the army
- broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
- economically: In an efficient manner
- dearly: Very much
- soldier: Person working in an army to fight
- hunger: Strong desire or need
- recruiter: Official who enlists personnel for the military
- passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
- urn: Vase of varying size and shape
- oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
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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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Russia's war: Families of foreign soldiers speak of trauma over "disappearing" men | DW Reporter
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/06Discover the heartbreaking stories of families whose loved ones were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, often lured by false promises of money. You'll hear firsthand accounts of deception, the harsh realities of the front lines, and the struggle for information and closure, offering a powerful look at the human cost of conflict. This video is a chance to learn poignant vocabulary related to war, recruitment, and family struggles.
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