Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- bite your lip: To hold back words or emotions.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- air out: To ventilate a room or space by opening windows or doors.
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- articulate: To express something clearly using language
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- click: To work well with someone or something
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
- thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
- confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- trust: To expect confidently
- confused: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- rapidly: With great speed; quickly
- throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
- fuzzy: Covered with fur or short hair
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
- pickle: A cucumber preserved in brine or vinegar
- correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
- lip: Edge of a hole or container
- velvet: Type of smooth cloth which is soft to the touch
- twister: Violent windstorm revolving around central point
- wolf: A dog-like wild animal
- vest: US sleeveless garment worn under a coat; waistcoat
- incorrectly: In a way that is incorrect or wrong
- sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- applicable: Being appropriate to or suitable for something
- kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
- peck: To strike sharply at something with the beak
- piper: Person that plays a pipe, e.g. a bagpipe
- sh: Sound people make to make someone be quiet
- sheikh: (In the Muslim or Arab world) a prince or leader
Get the full experience in the app
Learn anywhere with detailed sentence and usage analysis
01:03
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.
Get the full experience in the app
Look up words anytime with pronunciation, part of speech, and usage
brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
A2 Elementary
Get the full experience in the app
Practice speaking anytime and get instant pronunciation feedback
Try this speaking exercise.
Try practicing with this sentence.
80
Tongue Twisters to improve your English pronunciations ( Free English Lessons)
0
暐 posted on 2016/09/05Struggling with 'S' and 'SH' sounds? This fun video uses tongue twisters to help you nail tricky English pronunciations and improve your articulation! You'll get tons of practice with specific sounds like 'TH' and more, making your speaking clearer and more confident.
Learn this video on the APP!
The VoiceTube App has more in-depth practice for videos!
