Vocabulary
- on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
- fill up
- get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- comparison: Act of comparing things
- budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- fill: To make something full
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
- price: Person's name
- up: To act suddenly and unexpectedly
- close: Almost; near
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- road: Long piece of hard land for cars to travel on
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
- car: A vehicle with wheels and engine to carry people
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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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Samuel posted on 2018/02/27Ever wondered how much US energy research actually costs? Bill Gates breaks down a mind-blowing fact about gasoline spending and the US energy budget in this quick explainer! You'll pick up practical vocabulary for discussing consumer fuel costs and public spending.
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