Vocabulary

  • simple present: A verb tense used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements.
  • subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
  • present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
  • practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
  • positive: Showing agreement or support for something
  • good: Proper, appropriate or right
  • form: Sports team or person's current winning record
  • start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • question: To ask for or try to get information
  • important: Having power or authority
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
  • put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • future: Time that is to come after the present
  • button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
  • tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
  • slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
  • progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
  • conditional: Clause or sentence beginning with 'if' or 'unless'
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    • button

      US /ˈbʌtn/

      UK /'bʌtn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
      • Switch activated by pressing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fasten e.g. a shirt, coat
      • To suppress or restrain (feelings, etc.).
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    • conditional

      US /kənˈdɪʃənəl/

      UK /kənˈdɪʃənl/

      • Noun
      • Clause or sentence beginning with 'if' or 'unless'
      • Adjective
      • Depending (on)
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    • grammar

      US /ˈɡræmɚ/

      UK /ˈgræmə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
      • Rules explaining how words are used in a language
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    • negative

      US /ˈnɛɡətɪv/

      UK /'neɡətɪv/

      • Noun
      • The opposite to a positive electrical charge
      • In grammar, containing words such as 'no' or 'not'
      • Adjective
      • Being harmful, unwanted or unhelpful
      • In mathematics, being less than zero
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    • positive

      US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/

      UK /ˈpɒzətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Showing agreement or support for something
      • Being sure about something; knowing the truth
      • Noun
      • A photograph in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark
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    • practice

      US /ˈpræktɪs/

      UK /'præktɪs/

      • Noun
      • The office and place for legal or medical work
      • Doing something many times to become better at it
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To work as a doctor or lawyer
      • To live according to the teachings of a religion
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    • progressive

      US /prəˈɡrɛsɪv/

      UK /prəˈgresɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Believing in modern ideas about social change
      • Increasing in extent or severity; occurring in gradual stages.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • People believing in bringing about social change
      • A person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
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    • simple present

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      UK

      • Noun
      • A verb tense used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements.
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    • slide

      US /slaɪd/

      UK /slaɪd/

      • Noun
      • Part of machines that slides backward and forward
      • Reduction in amount, price, quality
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To pass or move smoothly and rapidly into or out
      • To move smoothly and rapidly over a surface
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    • subscribe

      US /səbˈskraɪb/

      UK /səb'skraɪb/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To regularly pay to receive a service
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    • tense

      US /tɛns/

      UK /tens/

      • Noun
      • The use of grammar to state the time things happen
      • Adjective
      • Unable to relax; feeling nervous or stressed
      • Stretched tight and stiff
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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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