Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- on demand: Whenever requested or needed.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- on to: Toward something; forward
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- on the order of: Approximately; about a certain amount or number.
- get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
- enter into: To begin or become involved in something, such as an agreement or activity.
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- permanent record: An official document that is kept forever.
- regardless of
- at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
- move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
- push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- interact with
- school district: A specific geographic area or region responsible for the administration and operation of public schools.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- have on: To be wearing something.
- fill out: To become fatter
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- race ahead: To progress or advance very quickly; to be in a leading position.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
- fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
- drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
- next to: Being located along side another
- classroom: Room in a school where lessons take place
- student: Person studying at school
- talk: Style of speaking
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- orange: Being a color that is a mixture of red and yellow
- week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
- girl: A female child; a young woman
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- kid: Child or young person
- deep: Complex and important
- instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
- happen: To take place or occur
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
- software: Computer applications and systems
- girlfriend: Romantic female friend of a man or boy
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
- lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
- organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
- reporter: Someone whose job is to report news
- base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
- curriculum: Group of related courses in a school or college
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- user: Person that uses a service/thing, e.g. a website
- conference: Series of lectures held as an event
- mastery: Total control over something
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
- data: Facts or information used to calculate or analyze
- ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
- interact: To talk or do things with each other
- emphasize: To stress the items that are important
- committee: Group of people who do or decide something
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- funding: To supply money for something
- assign: To give someone a particular job to do
- daydream: To wonder or imagine fantasies happening
- juggle: To entertain by throwing and catching balls, etc.
- assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
- intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
- traction: Force causing moving thing to stick, e.g. on roads
- galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
- midterm: Middle period
- mathematic
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- hypotenuse: Side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
- sigma: 18th letter of the Greek alphabet -
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- trigonometry: Mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- automate: To make automatic by using machines
- heave: To lift or pull something with great effort
- clipboard: Small writing board with a clip to hold papers
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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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TEDxSanJoseCA - Salman Khan - (Sequel to talk at TED)
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Ian WU posted on 2015/09/10Ever wondered how to make learning truly personalized? Salman Khan, the brilliant mind behind Khan Academy, shares his vision for mastery learning and the flipped classroom in this insightful TED Talk. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and see how these educational ideas play out in real-world scenarios!
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