Vocabulary
- spared no expense: Spent a lot of money; did not try to save money.
- except for: Not including; excluding.
- experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
- constant: Happening frequently or without pause
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- spare: To make (money or time) available for
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- leave: To go away from; depart
- staff: Employees of a company
- fully: Completely or entirely
- expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
- person: Man, woman or child
- fury: Rage; violent anger
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- peril: Extreme danger or risk
- strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
- land: Region or country
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- dinosaur: Reptile that lived millions of years ago
- revisit: To talk or think about something again
- banner: Cloth upon which is written a message
- disappointing: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
- nick: Person's name
- operational: Being in working condition and ready to be used
- unforgettable: Impossible to forget; memorable; impressive
- grandfather: Your mother's or father's father
- zoo: Place in a town where wild animals are shown
- papa: Another word for father
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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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Honest Trailers - Jurassic Park
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Mike posted on 2013/09/12Remember the awe of Jurassic Park and its groundbreaking CGI? This hilarious Honest Trailer revisits the 90s classic, poking fun at everything from the T-Rex to those interactive CD-ROMs! You'll get a kick out of the parody while practicing your understanding of cultural references and simple sentence structures.
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