Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- rags to riches: Used to describe a person who started with nothing and made themselves wealthy.
- on all-fours: Position with hands and knees on the ground.
- kick off: To start a football match.
- firm up: To make something stronger or more definite.
- attend to: To deal with; take care of; pay attention to.
- in full flow: Performing an activity with great energy and enthusiasm.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
- brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- supper: Evening meal, often when informal
- sausage: Finely chopped and seasoned meat in a skin
- pantry: Room for preparation or storage of foods
- serene: Very calm or peaceful
- mania: Mental illness marked by high energy or excitement
- relish: (Usually spicy) food that adds zest to a dish
- meltdown: Very large disaster, where everything goes wrong
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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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謝佳妤 posted on 2015/08/20Get ready for some serious giggles with this hilarious mash-up of Nigella Lawson's cooking show, packed with playful innuendo and fantastic alliteration! You'll pick up tons of juicy vocabulary and enjoy some simple sentence structures while you laugh along.
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