Vocabulary
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- fall for: To be deceived or tricked by someone
- party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- mom: A slang term for mother
- skirt: To go around the edge of an area
- pool: Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
- invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
- birthday: Date each year on which you were born
- hair: Long thin strands growing on your head or body
- talk: Style of speaking
- love: Person's name
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- eighth: 8th
- boyfriend: Man (boy) romantically involved with girl
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- call: A order or request for action
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
- embarrassing: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- blow: To move something using air
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- weirdly: In an odd or strange way
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- God: Someone admired because they are famous or good
- pathetic: Causing feelings of sadness, pity and sympathy
- lesbian: Homosexual woman
- kyle: A male given name of Scottish origin.
- retarded: To cause to move or proceed slowly
- bathe: To be covered completely in something, e.g. light
- ian: A male given name, the Scottish version of John.
- indiana: A state in midwestern United States
- obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
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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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Mean Girls (3/10) Movie CLIP - Regina Bashes Janis (2004) HD
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fisher posted on 2013/04/15Ever wondered how to deliver a perfectly snarky monologue? This clip from Mean Girls is your chance to pick up some hilarious, everyday phrases and practice understanding situational dialogue as Janis dishes out some serious drama. You'll get a great feel for casual conversation and common sentence structures used in teen comedies!
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