Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
- from the top: From the beginning.
- positive: Showing agreement or support for something
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
- harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- viral: Of or caused by a virus
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- external: Concerning foreign countries
- require: To demand that someone does something
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
- rewind: To make something go backwards
- entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- master: To gain control over something
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- important: Having power or authority
- act: To behave in a certain way
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- hydrate: To give or add water to something or someone
- succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- hover: (Bird/helicopter) to fly staying in one position
- great: Very good; better than before
- canopy: Structure that hangs over something to shelter it
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- part: Division of a book
- bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- truth: Real facts about something
- metaphorically: In a metaphorical manner
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
- oppose: To fight against someone in a contest or game
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
- jungle: Tropical area with many wild plants and animals
- transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
- giraffe: Tall African animal with very long neck and legs
- moth: Insect with large wings that flies around at night
- snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
- indie: Short for 'independent' (movies, studios)
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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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Benedict Cumberbatch's Unconventional Acting Class - After Hours with Josh Horowitz
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Amy.Lin posted on 2019/03/22Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of an acting masterclass? Benedict Cumberbatch gives us a hilarious, one-take peek into vocal warmups and exaggerated emotional truth in this super fun parody sketch! You'll pick up some great situational dialogue and learn about acting techniques all at once.
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