Vocabulary
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- tribute: Something that is said or done to show respect
- leave: To go away from; depart
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
- fill: To make something full
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- compass: Device that shows the direction of north
- betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- burn: To destroy with fire
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- pirate: To copy or sell a product illegally
- sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
- boot: Footwear covering your foot and part of your leg
- nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
- port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
- crow: Large black bird
- neck: Part of the body joining the head and the body
- devil: A spirit said to be evil
- triangle: Three people connected with each in a relationship
- sparrow: Small, very common bird with gray brown feathers
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
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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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Young Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) | Walt Disney Pictures
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薛華廣 posted on 2023/01/16Ever wondered how Jack Sparrow got his name? Dive into this epic scene from Pirates of the Caribbean to hear the swashbuckling dialogue and pick up some fantastic situational phrases! It's a thrilling way to practice simple sentence structures and learn vocabulary in a fun, action-packed setting.
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