Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
- to the good: An advantage or credit that one has.
- play pretend: To engage in imaginative role-playing, creating scenarios and acting as if they are real.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- have to: Must do
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- sleep: To have enough beds for
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
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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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twenty one pilots: Stressed Out [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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Bruce Chen posted on 2016/03/14Ever feel like you're stressed out about growing up? This music video from Twenty One Pilots dives into that nostalgic, introspective feeling of adulthood anxiety, using simple sentence structures you can easily follow. It's a fantastic way to explore cultural themes while picking up on conversational phrases!
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