Vocabulary
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
- positive: Showing agreement or support for something
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
- blast: To attack someone with words
- occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
- drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
- renovate: To repair or rebuild a house, room, etc.
- municipal: Concerning a city or town government
- saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
- rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
- southeastern: Area in the south and east
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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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A Mega Tunnel beneath the Alps being built to better connect Lyon and Turin | Focus on Europe
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/07Get ready to explore a massive engineering feat: a new tunnel connecting Lyon and Turin deep beneath the Alps! You'll discover the incredible scale of this project, from the gigantic drilling machines to the complex challenges of working underground, and pick up some great vocabulary for discussing large-scale construction and infrastructure.
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