Vocabulary
- such as: For example; like
- food source: A place or thing from which food is obtained.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
- have to: Must do
- due to: Because of; owing to
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- property: Particular quality that someone or something has
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
- communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
- talk: Style of speaking
- food: What people and animals eat to live
- infinite: Being very large in amount
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- display: (Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
- pigment: Substance that makes things have a certain color
- message: Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- unit: One apartment in a building
- animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
- location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
- camouflage: Blending into the background by being similar
- dog: Small 4-legged animal that barks kept as a pet
- dance: To move your body rhythmically to music
- magnet: Metal object that attracts or repels other metals
- grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
- crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
- hive: Place that has a lot of activity in it
- chimpanzee: Animal similar to a monkey but without a tail
- coyote: Wild dog that is found in North America
- prairie: Large, flat, area of land covered in grass
- gorilla: Very large African ape, usually with dark fur
- continuum: A continuation without noticeable divisions
- hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
- rearrange: To rethink a plan, event for a time and place
- badger: Small forest animal with thick black and white fur
- spoken: To be able to use a certain language
- bee: Gathering to perform activities and tasks together
- dolphin: Sea animal like a big fish that breathes air
- displacement: Number of liters a petrol engine has
- chimp: Shortened form of 'chimpanzee'
- cuttlefish: Ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
- communicator: Person expressing ideas, thoughts and feelings
- waggle: To move from side to side unevenly
- honeybee: Bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
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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】Do animals have language? - Michele Bishop
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SylviaQQ posted on 2016/07/31Ever wondered if your furry (or scaly!) friends have their own language? This fascinating TED-Ed video dives into the amazing world of animal communication, exploring everything from bee dances to prairie dog calls. You'll pick up some fantastic vocabulary related to language evolution and animal behavior, making it a super engaging way to boost your English knowledge!
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