Vocabulary
- dry skin: A skin condition characterized by a lack of moisture in the skin, often causing itching, scaling, and cracking.
- hair: Long thin strands growing on your head or body
- younger: More young than
- foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
- age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- white: Person's name
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- oil: A liquid used for frying foods
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- scientifically: In an manner that follows the rules of science
- softer: More soft than
- dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- deep: Complex and important
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- bald: Lacking additional information or facts; unadorned
- sore: An open or raised painful spot on the skin
- promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
- mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
- appearance: The way a person looks to others
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- property: Particular quality that someone or something has
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- powerful: Having control or influence over
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
- itchy: Nervous and unable to relax
- itch: Something you are desperate to do
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
- stubborn: Unwilling to give way or obey
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
- production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
- growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
- anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
- fatty: Describing meat, fish with a lot of fat
- therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
- bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
- circulation: Movement of blood through the body
- immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- castor: Wheel on a furniture item to make it easy to move
- scalp: Part of the human head covered by hair
- massage: Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax
- elastin: Fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries
- smother: To cover something or someone completely
- laxative: Medicine to make you empty your bowels
- medicinal: Relating to the treatment of sickness or pain
- collagen: Type of protein that is often used in skin cream and in plastic surgery because it makes skin look younger
- acne: Red spots or pimples on your face
- cram: To add more to something that is already full
- pigmentation: Coloration of living tissues by pigment
- inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
- inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- widely: To a large degree; over a large range
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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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Saba Singh posted on 2015/09/08Ever wondered about the magic of castor oil? This video dives deep into 10 amazing health benefits, from boosting hair growth to acting as a natural laxative, and you'll pick up some fantastic advanced vocabulary along the way! It's a super informative watch for anyone interested in skincare and natural remedies.
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