Vocabulary
- up to something: Doing something; planning something, often secret or mischievous.
- by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
- go away: To go on vacation
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- have to: Must do
- at school: Present and attending school.
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- sit down: To take a seat
- on fire: Very successful or popular
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- message: Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- love: Person's name
- read: Person's name
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
- shopping: To look for or buy goods or services
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- girlfriend: Romantic female friend of a man or boy
- sec: Shortened form of 'second'
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- call: A order or request for action
- department: Division of a larger part or organization
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- foreigner: Person who is from a different place or country
- sex: State of being male or female
- translate: To change something into a different state
- reviewing: To carefully look at the quality of something
- handsome: A large amount or quantity
- ordinary: Normal or usual
- smell: To have a particular odor
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- public: Owned by the government
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- dragon: Imaginary creatures that breathe fire
- messaging: To communicate using text
- swag: Australian sack/bundle containing your possessions
- app: Small applications for smartphones
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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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What Are You Doing Foreigner? Episode 1
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阿多賓 posted on 2013/06/06Ever wondered what foreigners would do in a street social experiment in Ximending? This episode of "What Are You Doing Foreigner?" features hilarious reactions and practical English phrases you can use daily! You'll pick up tons of new vocabulary and get a fun glimpse into local culture.
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