Vocabulary
- material: Cloth; fabric
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
- shed: Small building used for storage
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- agriculture: The science of farming
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
- slight: Small (amount, quality)
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- sector: Part that a place is divided into
- accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
- conversely: In the opposite way; on the other hand
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- severely: Extremely bad or harsh
- weak: Not having a strong character
- manufacture: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- add: To include as well
- buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
- percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
- youth: Being young; time when you are young
- employment: The state of being in work or having a job
- heavily: In a slow, loud manner
- mark: Person's name
- loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
- early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
- south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
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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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Korea loses 40,000 jobs in May, first drop since 2024 martial law crisis
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Jasmine Chen cc posted on 2026/06/11Wow, South Korea just saw its first job losses in 17 months, with 40,000 positions gone in May! This video dives into why the Middle East conflict is impacting jobs and what's happening in different sectors, like manufacturing and services. You'll pick up key vocabulary for discussing economic trends and current events.
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