Vocabulary
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- turn into: To change to become something else
- other than: Except for; apart from.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- look back: To think about past events
- at least: As a minimum
- eat your heart out: To feel bitter or jealous about someone else's success.
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- adorable: Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- strike: To hit something
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- complicated: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
- section: A part of a whole
- humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
- scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
- surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
- havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- facilitate: To make an action or process easier
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- rapidly: With great speed; quickly
- biological: Being related to life and living things
- limb: Leg, arm, branch or wing
- fully: Completely or entirely
- fill: To make something full
- noggin: A human head
- cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- revert: To return to the original owner again
- bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
- embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
- spinal: Concerning the spine or nerves in your back
- clot: Mass of blood, etc. that has dried up/become thick
- aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- regenerate: To form or create new things
- healing: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- eventual: Coming or happening at a later or end of the time
- wrecking: To ruin something completely
- regenerative: Of, relating to, or marked by regeneration
- regeneration: Act of adding more life or energy into
- salamander: Amphibian resembling a lizard
- embryonic: Undeveloped, as if in an early stage
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
- superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events
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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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Why Can't Humans Regrow Body Parts?
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Sh, Gang (Aaron) posted on 2017/01/23Ever wondered why you can't regrow a finger like a lizard? This fun Life Noggin explainer dives into the science of regeneration, comparing humans to amazing creatures like the axolotl! You'll pick up some cool new vocabulary related to biology and discover why this fascinating process is so different in humans.
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