Vocabulary
- on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
- turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- ahead of time: Before the scheduled time; early.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- working parents: Parents who are employed, typically referring to those who have the dual responsibility of working and raising children.
- stay up: To not go to bed until late
- from the heart: In a very sincere and genuine way.
- stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- strength: Condition of being strong
- compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
- accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- influence: To affect or change something indirectly
- inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
- dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
- overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
- define: To explain the meaning of words
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- respect: To follow the established rules
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- fit: Good looking; physically attractive
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- role: Character played by an actor
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- deep: Complex and important
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
- fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
- hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
- kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
- limitless: Without limits in extent, size or quantity
- underrepresented: Insufficient amount of support or representation
- tiger: Large wild cat with orange fur and black lines
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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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Michelle Obama Surprises People Recording Goodbye Messages to Her
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Angel Cheng posted on 2017/01/20Get ready for a heartwarming surprise as Michelle Obama unexpectedly joins Jimmy Fallon, leading to some amazing live reactions! You'll love hearing the heartfelt messages and picking up on natural, simple sentence structures perfect for B1 learners.
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