Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
- on tour: Time a soldier is away from home for work
- have to: Must do
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- go on: To continue doing something
- live my life: To experience life in a way that is true to oneself and brings personal fulfillment.
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
- applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
- manifest: List of cargo on a ship
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
- vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
- abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
- physically: In a manner related to the body
- jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
- account: An advantage
- humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
- intake: Amount of something that a person's body consumes
- attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
- abusive: Saying or doing bad or cruel things to others
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
- toddler: Young child learning to walk
- eccentric: Out of the ordinary; acting unusually or oddly
- guilt: Shame at doing something bad or wrong
- breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
- whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
- mantra: Repeated expression, as in Hindu/Buddhist prayers
- emotionally: In a way that shows your feelings
- workout: Energetic exercise
- scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
- kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- snatch: To take something quickly or eagerly
- greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
- proposition: General claim or theory
- medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- salmon: Light pinkish orange color
- subscription: Regular payment for a service, magazine etc.
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
- hobby: Regular activity done in free time, for pleasure
- live: To be alive
- mint: Candies with the taste of mint
- fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
- come: To arrive at a place
- inaudible: Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
- hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
- thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
- quinoa
- bleep: Short sound made by an electronic instrument
- breastfeed: To feed a baby with breast milk
- mama: A mother
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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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Mom of Two Ali Wong Has Suffered Enough
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Cyndi posted on 2018/04/14Get ready to laugh with Ali Wong as she hilariously shares her unfiltered take on motherhood, C-sections, and mom guilt in her 'Hard Knock Wife' special! You'll pick up practical, everyday phrases and gain cultural insights into parenting humor that are perfect for real-life conversations.
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