Vocabulary
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
- catch up: To become equal with another person
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
- next to: Being located along side another
- in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- run across: To meet someone or find something by chance
- have to: Must do
- run back: To come back
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- barely: Only just; just possible
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- tiny: Very, very small
- remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
- vision: Ability to see; eyesight
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- couple: To join something to something else
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
- skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
- janitor: a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc.
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- leave: To go away from; depart
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- swing: Movement in a curved motion
- dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
- symbol: Image that means or represents something
- gorge: To eat food greedily and in large quantities.
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- part: Division of a book
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- minimize: To make something seem small or less important
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- area: Amount of measured space
- zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
- internship: Period of time when a person works as an intern
- raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
- rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
- lantern: Light in a glass box that can be carried
- lab: Short for 'laboratory'
- mutant: Organism derived from a change in genes
- mutter: To speak in a way that is not very clear or loud
- nick: Person's name
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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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【TED-Ed】Can you solve the bridge riddle? - Alex Gendler
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SylviaQQ posted on 2015/09/10Can you escape a zombie horde with only one lantern and a two-person limit? This video dives into a classic logic puzzle that will put your problem-solving skills to the test! You'll pick up useful situational dialogue and practice simple sentence structures while trying to beat the clock.
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