Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- call it a day: To stop working on something for the rest of the day.
- apart from: Except for; not considering
- have to: Must do
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- temptation: Something making you want to do/have bad thing
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- ordinary: Normal or usual
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
- proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- confirm: To formally approve or check something
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- quit: To leave a job
- painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
- shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
- reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
- innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- biography: Story of a person's life as told by someone else
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- renew: To make something stronger, fresher, or like new
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
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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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Resilience In Hard Times
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Zoey posted on 2020/07/18Life's going to knock you down sometimes, and this video dives into how to build resilience, especially when talking to kids about tough times! You'll pick up simple sentence structures and gain valuable knowledge on coping strategies that feel like a motivational talk with a touch of Stoic wisdom.
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