escape
US /ɪˈskep/
UK /ɪ'skeɪp/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- The 'esc key' on a keyboard
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
- To get away from a place where you are being kept
A2Morestay together
US
UK
- Intransitive Verb
- To remain in a relationship or partnership.
- To remain in a group; not to separate.
A1Moresubscribe
US /səbˈskraɪb/
UK /səb'skraɪb/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To regularly pay to receive a service
B1TOEICMorewalk away
US /wɔk əˈwe/
UK /wɔ:k əˈwei/
- Phrasal Verb
- To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
- To choose not to be involved in something.
A1Morewaste
US /west/
UK /weɪst/
- Transitive Verb
- To kill or severely harm someone
- To use valuable things ineffectively
- Uncountable Noun
- Materials left over after a process has finished
A2TOEICMore
Vocabulary
- stay together: To remain in a relationship or partnership.
- walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
- help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
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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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