Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- have to: Must do
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- on to: Toward something; forward
- set up
- look after: To take care of someone or something
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- at least: As a minimum
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- go on: To continue doing something
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- put it together: To assemble or construct something from separate parts.
- take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- pay: To give money for goods or work done
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- answer: To reply to a question someone asks
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- part: Division of a book
- talk: Style of speaking
- expensive: Costing a lot of money
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- final: Last game in a series in a competition
- main: Most important; most often used
- borrowing: To take and later return something from another
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- elderly: Being very old
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
- reader: Easy and simple book to teach people to read
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
- argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
- option: A choice
- stuck: Not able to move
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
- introduction: A first experience with something
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
- generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- rewrite: To write again to improve, or correct errors
- express: To send something by fast mail
- vary: To change something and make it different
- relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
- authority: The power to give orders to people
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
- imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
- rhetorical: Of public speaking or writing techniques
- template: Shape that is used as a pattern to make something
- improvise: To compose, speak or perform without preparation
- succinct: Said in a clear and short way
- sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
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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
A2 Elementary
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How to Write IELTS Essay Introductions – The Quick & Easy Way!
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Thao Nguyen posted on 2015/09/06Struggling with IELTS essay introductions? This video breaks down how to craft compelling openings for discursive essays the quick and easy way! You'll learn to use rhetorical questions and contrast sentences to grab your reader's attention right from the start.
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