Vocabulary
- round off: To change from a fraction to nearest whole number
- write off: To cancel a debt; to recognize as a loss.
- set off: To start a journey
- pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- scare off: To deter or discourage someone from doing something by frightening them.
- pull off: To manage to succeed
- cordon off: To prevent access to an area by surrounding it with police, barriers, etc.
- fence off: To block or separate an area using a fence, preventing entry.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- get across: To communicate (something) clearly and effectively.
- for instance: As an example.
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- see off: To say goodbye to someone who is going away
- off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
- leave off: To stop doing something.
- go away: To go on vacation
- make off with: To run away with something; steal
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- sexual release: The attainment of orgasm; the climax of sexual excitement.
- have to: Must do
- on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
- in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
- going on: To continue doing something
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- deal with
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- stand around: To spend time standing without doing anything useful or important.
- off of: From a position on something; down from.
- out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
- tell off: To scold someone for something they did wrong
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- easier: Less difficult than
- morning: Early part of the day before 12 p.m
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- talk: Style of speaking
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- enjoy: To take pleasure in something
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- round: From beginning to end (e.g. of the year)
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- angry: Having a strong feeling of being upset
- screen: To hide or block something from being seen
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- police: People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
- anymore: No longer; no more
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- soccer: Sport where players try to kick a ball into a net
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- separated: To divide two things by being in between them
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
- complaining: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- bug: To bother someone
- excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
- cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
- garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- separation: A line that separates; a point of parting; a gap
- enjoyment: Pleasure felt when having a good time
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
- worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
- closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
- punishment: Being punished; thing you do when being punished
- processing: To organize and use data in a computer
- detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
- modify: To make minor change to something
- prostitute: To sell your body; to exchange sex for money
- particle: Adverb or preposition that joins with a verb
- wink: To quickly close one eye, as when making a signal
- venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
- phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
- piss: To be angry
- scare: To become frightened
- cordon: Line of things around person/place, as to separate
- rant: To talk on and on in an excited or confused way
- para: Shortened form of paragraph
- detachment: Feeling of not being personally involved
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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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Zenn posted on 2013/04/29Ever wondered what 'get off' or 'pull off' really mean? This video dives into the versatile particle 'off' with phrasal verbs like 'make off' and 'tell off', giving you practical, everyday language you can use right away! You'll pick up essential vocabulary and learn how to use these common phrases in real conversations.
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