Vocabulary
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- check out
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- dude: Form of address for a man
- butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
- epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- nerd: Intelligent but single-minded expert in a field
- franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
- evolution: Theory that living things change over time
- crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- fuzzy: Covered with fur or short hair
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- dissolve: To cause something to end
- hatred: Very strong feeling of dislike; hate
- investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
- inconsistent: Not tying together logically or with the facts
- communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
- idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- leave: To go away from; depart
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
- alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
- captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
- vagina: Lower part of the female reproductive tract
- disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
- blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
- uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
- squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
- extraterrestrial: Originating, located or occurring outside Earth
- zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- flimsy: Lacking solidity or strength; light; weak
- worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
- datum: Item of factual information
- goo: Any thick sticky unpleasant substance
- prequel: A story, or movie that comes before another one
- exposition: Public event to display different products
Get the full experience in the app
Learn anywhere with detailed sentence and usage analysis
01:03
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.
Get the full experience in the app
Look up words anytime with pronunciation, part of speech, and usage
brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
A2 Elementary
Get the full experience in the app
Practice speaking anytime and get instant pronunciation feedback
Try this speaking exercise.
Try practicing with this sentence.
80
0
VoiceTube posted on 2013/06/21Ever wondered about the plot holes in Prometheus? This snarky review from Screen Junkies dives deep into the "black goo" and CGI-heavy sci-fi analysis, making it a fun way to explore cultural depth and practice simple sentence structures!
Learn this video on the APP!
The VoiceTube App has more in-depth practice for videos!
