Vocabulary
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- strike: To hit something
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
- military: Army or armed forces
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
- declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
- couple: To join something to something else
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
- leave: To go away from; depart
- target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
- command: To be able to see far from a certain location
- stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
- reduction: Act of making something smaller
- defense: Argument in support of something
- revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
- coast: Land near the sea or ocean
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- unravel: To work out the meaning of, in a slow careful way
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
- operation: Business or company, or its activities
- strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
- massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
- part: Division of a book
- petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- defiant: Refusing to obey (rules, parent); resistant
- globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
- ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
- naval: Concerning a navy or ships used in war
- broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
- radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
- blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
- shaky: Tending to shake, as from weakness or defect
Get the full experience in the app
Learn anywhere with detailed sentence and usage analysis
01:03
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.
Get the full experience in the app
Look up words anytime with pronunciation, part of speech, and usage
brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
A2 Elementary
Get the full experience in the app
Practice speaking anytime and get instant pronunciation feedback
Try this speaking exercise.
Try practicing with this sentence.
80
US and Iran exchange strikes across Middle East for second day in a row | BBC News
0
林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/11Tensions are high as the US and Iran exchange strikes across the Middle East for a second day, impacting crucial shipping routes like the Strait of Hormuz! You'll hear about the latest developments and pick up key phrases for discussing international relations and conflict.
Learn this video on the APP!
The VoiceTube App has more in-depth practice for videos!
