Vocabulary
- sweetie: Person loved by someone; boyfriend, girlfriend
- mummy: Mother
- teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
- birthday: Date each year on which you were born
- brother: A boy or man who shares a parent with you
- son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
- bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
- uncle: Brother of a parent or the husband of your aunt
- girlfriend: Romantic female friend of a man or boy
- surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- librarian: Person who works in a library
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- aunt: Sister of your parent or the wife of your uncle
- toy: Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
- arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
- grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
- exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- library: Place where books and other media are kept
- call: A order or request for action
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
- coconut: A large nut with a hairy shell and white flesh
- donkey: Animal like a small horse used to transport things
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- profession: Act of stating your beliefs or feelings openly
- romance: To court someone into a love relationship
- soldier: Person working in an army to fight
- thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
- beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
- addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
- stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- truth: Real facts about something
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- memorable: Worthy of being remembered; striking; outstanding
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- pension: Regular payments you receive after you retire
- tomb: Small building or stone box where dead body is put
- dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
- sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
- slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
- grip: To hold someone's interest
- client: Person paying for professional services
- proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
- minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
- tale: Story that is not true
- tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- virginity: Condition of never having had sex
- wizard: Man with magical powers
- virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- baptism: Bathing someone in water to make them a Christian
- blindfold: To tie a cloth over your eyes so you can't see
- trench: Long narrow hole dug in the ground
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
- combo: A small number of things that are combined or used together.
- outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
- scare: To become frightened
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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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葉祐龍 posted on 2016/10/19Get ready for some seriously awkward laughs with this hilarious sketch about a surprise birthday party gone hilariously wrong! You'll pick up tons of practical, everyday phrases perfect for navigating tricky social situations, all while enjoying some top-notch Spanish comedy.
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