Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- point out: To make others aware of an idea
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- poke out: To stick out or extend from a surface or opening.
- dance around: To avoid discussing something directly.
- up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- brutal: Extremely violent or mean
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
- section: A part of a whole
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- ominous: Indicating something bad or unpleasant will happen
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- wicked: Morally bad; evil
- poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
- revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
- desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
- delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
- entertain: To receive someone as a guest
- carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
- point: An item to be discussed
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- grizzly: Grayish
- shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
- jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
- stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
- part: Division of a book
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- fairytale: Story about fairies told to amuse children
- mermaid: Creature with top half a woman, bottom half a fish
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- bush: A wooden plant that is smaller than a tree
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
- nearby: Close to where you are
- thorn: Sharp point on the stem/branches of some plants
- witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
- stepmother: Father's wife after death/divorce of your mother
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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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5 Fairy Tales That Were Way Darker Than You Realized as a Kid | What the Stuff?!
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Anita Lin posted on 2021/12/24Think you know fairy tales? Think again! This video dives into the surprisingly dark and gruesome original versions of classic stories from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, giving you a fascinating look at cultural history and expanding your vocabulary with simple sentence structures.
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