Vocabulary
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
- sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
- leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
- account: An advantage
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- inspirational: Influencing someone to do something (good)
- expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
- great: Very good; better than before
- metaphorical: Using words imaginatively to reveal a similarity
- mustache: Hair that grows above the upper lip
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- balance: Instrument for weighing things
- festival: Cultural event with a program of events
- whine: To complain in an annoying crying voice
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- weight: How heavy something is
- impart: To give a certain quality to something or someone
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- exit: A door that you go through to leave a place
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- dead: Not alive
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- long: Person's name
- bullshit: Telling lies, nonsense (very rude)
- close: Almost; near
- bum: (Slang) the part of the body on which you sit
- merger: Combination of two or more companies into one
- total: Whole number or amount of something
- power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
- job: Something that must be done
- boss: Person in charge of you at work
- sex: State of being male or female
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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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林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/08Ever wonder what it *really* takes to succeed? This clip features a no-holds-barred speech about ambition, power, and the sacrifices needed to get ahead, challenging conventional ideas about work-life balance. You'll pick up some intense vocabulary and phrases that really drive home a powerful message!
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