Vocabulary
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- furious about: Extremely angry about something.
- fly at: To suddenly criticize or attack someone verbally.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
- next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- deal with
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
- shoot down: To make plane fall from sky by shooting rockets
- on the scene: Present at a location, especially where something has happened.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
- influence: To affect or change something indirectly
- insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
- irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- regime: A system of management; a form of government
- ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
- furious: Extremely angry
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
- acronym: A word made from the first letters of other words
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
- emphasize: To stress the items that are important
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
- undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
- criticize: To assess the work of others
- communist: Believer in communism
- altitude: Height of something above sea level
- plural: Being more than one person or thing
- prematurely: Before the end of the natural or desired time
- medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- rapidly: With great speed; quickly
- flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
- block: Solid piece of material used for building
- threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
- defense: Argument in support of something
- terminal: End part of some structure or concept
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
- strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
- host: Mass; a great number
- terrorist: Radical who employs terror as a political weapon
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
- rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
- liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
- mount: To attach something to something else
- age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- report: Account of the necessary facts and information
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- uncensored: Not subject to censorship
- call: A order or request for action
- congressional: Concerning the US congress
- ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
- long: Person's name
- hypocrisy: When one decries a thing while doing it themselves
- party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
- israel: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
- preoccupy: To cause to be absorbed in thinking about a thing
- help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
- south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
- oak: Hard, tough wood taken from an oak tree
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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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China's Hypocrisy on Missile Defense | China Uncensored
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蔡政霖 posted on 2017/05/16Ever wonder why China gets so worked up about missile defense systems like THAAD, especially when they have their own? This episode of China Uncensored hilariously breaks down the hypocrisy, and you'll pick up some awesome vocabulary about international relations and geopolitical rivalries along the way!
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