Vocabulary
- in total: Completely; with everything added together.
- in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
- music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- enjoy: To take pleasure in something
- noise: Loud sounds that cause discomfort or annoyance
- exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- fun: Amusing and enjoyable
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- classical: Concerning the culture of ancient Greece or Rome
- rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
- violinist: Person who plays music on a violin
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- piece: A counter in a board game
- violin: Wooden instrument with strings, played with a bow
- meaningless: Being unable to be explained or understood
- earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
- concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- successful: Having the desired effect or result
- rediscover: To find something that had been lost
- disc: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data
- musician: Person who writes, sings, or plays music, as a job
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- total: Whole number or amount of something
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- restore: To return a thing to its original condition
- despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
- transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
- restrict: To prevent a person from doing something
- prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
- leprosy: Disfiguring infectious skin disease
- midst: Middle area or part of something
- golden: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
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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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【TED】Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul (The violin, and my dark night of the soul | Ji-Hae Park)
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VoiceTube posted on 2013/06/05Get ready for an inspiring TED Talk where violinist Ji-Hae Park shares her incredible journey of overcoming personal struggles through the power of music! You'll be moved by her story and her unique 'Baroque in Rock' performances, while also picking up on cultural insights and simple sentence structures.
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