Vocabulary
- break me down: To cause someone to lose emotional strength; to make someone feel overwhelmed or defeated.
- build me up: To encourage or praise someone, often to increase their confidence.
- second things second: Addressing the next most important thing; after the most important thing has been dealt with.
- adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- master: To gain control over something
- whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- thunder: Loud sound
- sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
- lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- lip: Edge of a hole or container
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- dove: To swim deep under water with an air supply
- prayer: Words spoken to your god for help
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
- gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
- believer: A person who has religious faith
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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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Imagine Dragons Mashup (Sam Tsui) - Believer/Thunder/Whatever It Takes
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Tina Hsu posted on 2017/07/05Get ready to power up your English with this epic Imagine Dragons mashup of "Believer," "Thunder," and "Whatever It Takes"! You'll love picking up simple sentence structures and motivational lyrics that make these anthems so catchy. It's a super fun way to boost your vocabulary while jamming out!
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