Vocabulary
- taste of your own medicine: To experience the negative effects of one's own actions.
- to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
- meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- disgusting: Having a very bad taste
- rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- block: Solid piece of material used for building
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- unpleasant: Causing a bad feeling in people
- throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
- offend: To break a rule or do something wrong
- sore: An open or raised painful spot on the skin
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- bossy: Always telling others what to do
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- medicine: Something used in treating illness or pain
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- answer: To reply to a question someone asks
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
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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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A taste of your own medicine: The English We Speak
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吃v的春天 posted on 2018/07/26Ever felt like someone got a taste of their own medicine? This fun episode from BBC Learning English breaks down this common English idiom with everyday examples, perfect for boosting your conversational skills! You'll pick up practical phrases and understand how to use this expression in real-life situations.
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