Vocabulary
- have been around: To have a lot of experience in life.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- annoying: To make someone angry
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
- predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
- virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
- machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
- scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
- corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- prediction: A statement of what will happen next
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
- annoyed: A little angry; upset
- translate: To change something into a different state
- chocolate: Hard brown candy made from cocoa beans
- bored: To make a deep hole in the ground with a drill
- verbally: Through speech; using words
- exhibition: Public event to display objects, art etc.
- freaky: Strange and somewhat frightening
- craze: Popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.
- smartphone: A telephone that has applications
- simulator: Machine simulating an environment for training
- voting: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
- stoke: To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
- translator: One who puts words from one language into another
- auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
- wrecking: To ruin something completely
- developer: Someone who develops real estate
- themed: Concerning the subject discussed or described
- indict: To accuse someone of doing something wrong
- caller: Someone who visits a place for a short time
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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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10 Times The Simpsons Predicted The Future
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VoiceTube posted on 2016/07/22Did The Simpsons *really* predict the future? You'll be amazed by the eerie coincidences in this fun list of 10 times the show seemed to see what was coming, from autocorrect fails to major scandals! It's a fantastic way to boost your cultural knowledge and practice simple sentence structures with some awesome TV nostalgia.
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