Vocabulary
- shapes and sizes: A wide variety of forms and dimensions.
- the good stuff: Things of high quality or the best kind.
- old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
- allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- slightly: Only a little
- vital: Needed to support life; essential
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- tiny: Very, very small
- firm: Company that sells goods or services
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- efficient: Able to produce results without waste
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
- dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- ingest: To eat, drink, or swallow something
- flexible: Bending easily
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
- plagued: To cause to have continual problems with something
- sip: To drink just a little at a time
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- capsule: Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
- fill: To make something full
- medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
- chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
- daily: Happening every day
- density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- let: To allow someone to do something
- round: From beginning to end (e.g. of the year)
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- seep: To flow slowly through small openings or pores
- anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
- borderline: Line dividing two areas or categories
- tilting: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
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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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韓澐 posted on 2017/09/20Struggling to swallow pills? This video breaks down two super effective techniques, the Lean Forward and Pop Bottle methods, to make it a breeze! You'll pick up practical tips for medication adherence and learn about the science behind them, all explained with simple sentences.
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