Vocabulary
- such as: For example; like
- winning the lottery: To be successful in a game of chance where numbers are drawn.
- seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- crave: To have a very strong desire for something
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
- consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- amount: Quantity of something
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
- intricate: Very detailed or difficult to untangle
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
- neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
- satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
- addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- auditory: Of the process of hearing
- audio: Concerning sound
- subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
- frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
- lottery: Betting game of buying tickets to win money
- pathway: A path or way that you can walk
- delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
- chemically: By means of a chemical process
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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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The Scientific Power of Music
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Fu Jung Lai posted on 2022/03/31Ever wonder why your favorite songs give you chills or make you want to dance? This video dives into the fascinating neuroscience behind music, explaining how it triggers pleasure and even addiction through dopamine! You'll pick up some awesome new vocabulary related to brain science and psychology while exploring why we love music so much.
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