Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- at the moment: At this time; now
- work out
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- at the point of: Just about to do something or reach a state.
- at school: Present and attending school.
- for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
- in parallel: Done at the same time; simultaneously.
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- original ideas: New and creative thoughts or concepts.
- as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
- start off: To begin or commence something.
- by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- pool: Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
- important: Having power or authority
- paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- testing: To be given a medical examination
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- great: Very good; better than before
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- model: Being an excellent example of
- view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
- level: Specific height of something
- degree: Amount or extent of something
- century: Period of 100 years
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- thirdly: In the third place
- rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
- education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
- public: Owned by the government
- economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
- cultural: Of a particular society's customs and beliefs
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
- earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- educate: To teach someone in a school or college
- intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
- creativity: Ability to imagine new ideas
- growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
- mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- current: Electricity flowing through wires
- crucially: To an extremely important or necessary degree
- compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
- manufacture: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
- cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
- separately: Not with another person or thing
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- incapable: Not capable or able to do something
- genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
- gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
- collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
- deductive: Using reasoning to reach a conclusion
- intensely: In a manner that is very strong or extreme
- anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
- conceive: To become pregnant
- synonym: Word that has the same meaning as another word
- misplace: To put something in the wrong place
- turmoil: Very confused situation where things are not clear
- vocational: Concerning the training in special job skills
- plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
- conception: Moment when a woman's pregnancy begins
- epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
- aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
- incidence: The rate that something happens
- whimsical: Quaintly humorous; funny in an odd way
- foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
- longitudinal: Going from the top to the bottom of something
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- protocol: Written agreement between countries
- conformity: Acting according to certain accepted standards
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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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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms (Ken Robinson)
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VoiceTube posted on 2013/07/17Ever wonder why schools feel like they're stuck in the past? This video dives into the 'factory school model' and how it might be stifling creativity, using fascinating insights on divergent thinking and the decline of creativity. You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary related to education reform and 21st-century skills that will really impress!
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