Vocabulary
- positive energy: A good and optimistic feeling or atmosphere.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- off of: From a position on something; down from.
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- talk: Style of speaking
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- dance: To move your body rhythmically to music
- love: Person's name
- long: Person's name
- hearing: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- table: Diagram that shows data in rows and columns
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- burn: To destroy with fire
- political: Being active or interested in government matters
- disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
- positive: Showing agreement or support for something
- attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- ad: Public notice or advertisement
- disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
- climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- extreme: Very great in degree
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
- greed: Wanting too much of something
- respond: To answer something or someone
- awkward: Lacking smooth movement
- nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
- fortunate: Having good luck
- contributing: To be a factor in causing something to happen
- wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
- corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
- nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
- healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- repeal: To stop or cancel (a law, etc.)
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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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Ellen Sits Down with Bernie Sanders
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bridget02282013 posted on 2016/10/22Ever wondered what happens when Bernie Sanders sits down with Ellen DeGeneres? You'll get a fun look at politics and pick up simple sentence structures and situational dialogue from this chat. It's a great chance to dive into cultural depth with a talk show interview that covers everything from Medicare for All to climate change!
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