Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- across the board: Broad in scope or content
- forge ahead: To make strong and steady progress; to move forward with determination.
- give in: To submit work; hand in
- ancient history: The study of the distant past, from the earliest humans through the first great civilizations.
- get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
- piss off: To leave or go away, used especially as a rude way of telling someone to go away
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- first words: The initial words spoken by a baby or young child.
- at that time: During a specific point in the past.
- looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
- sing: To make musical sounds with your voice
- credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
- card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
- woman: Adult female human being
- singing: To make musical sounds with your voice
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- daughter: A female child of someone
- talk: Style of speaking
- important: Having power or authority
- mouthful: Something difficult to pronounce
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- moon: To expose your buttocks as a joke
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- married: To become the husband or wife of someone
- pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
- call: A order or request for action
- granddaughter: Your son or daughter's daughter
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
- finger: One of the five long parts of the hand
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
- song: Distinctive series of sounds made by a bird
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
- equal: Same in shape, size, or number
- peace: Calm and quiet state
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- couple: To join something to something else
- announcement: Act of informing people about something publicly
- qualified: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
- unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- quit: To leave a job
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- elect: To select someone for a position by voting
- discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
- legally: In a way that is allowed by or related to laws
- entitle: To make you eligible to hold a title
- exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- military: Army or armed forces
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
- inclusive: Covering or including everything
- glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
- agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
- forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
- ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- piss: To be angry
- uhhh: Sound people make when they are confused
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
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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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Hillary Clinton Catches Up with Ellen
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Christina Lin posted on 2015/10/05Ever wondered what Hillary Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres chat about? This fun interview dives into topics like gender equality and even a "grandmother moment," perfect for picking up practical dialogue and cultural insights! You'll get a great chance to practice simple sentence structures while learning about inspiring real-world conversations.
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