Vocabulary
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
- military: Army or armed forces
- political: Being active or interested in government matters
- authority: The power to give orders to people
- primary: Most important, most basic or essential
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
- democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
- civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
- point: An item to be discussed
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- senate: A board of governors at a college or university
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
- gambling: Act of betting money on events
- lacrosse: Game with long-handled racquets used to carry ball
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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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PBS News Hour full episode, June 9, 2026
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/10Dive into the latest global headlines with this PBS NewsHour report! You'll get the inside scoop on U.S. military actions in the Strait of Hormuz, the political landscape in Maine, and the worsening crisis in Sudan, picking up key vocabulary for discussing international affairs.
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