commitment
US /kəˈmɪtmənt/
UK /kə'mɪtmənt/
- Noun
- Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- Promise or decision to do something for a purpose
A2Morecreative
US /kriˈetɪv/
UK /krɪ'eɪtɪv/
- Adjective
- Having the ability to make something new
- Having the ability to create; imaginative and original.
- Noun
- A person whose job involves creative work.
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US /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
UK /dɪ'veləpmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- A new event related to a previous event
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US /ˈpɑvəti/
UK /ˈpɔvəti/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of being poor
- Lack of something necessary
B1Moresustainable
US /səˈsteɪnəbl/
UK /səˈsteɪnəbl/
- Adjective
- Capable of continuing for a long time
- Able to be maintained without running out of
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Vocabulary
- commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- poverty: State of being poor
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- creative: Having the ability to make something new
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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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