Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- got to: To arrive at some place
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- go on: To continue doing something
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
- get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
- applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
- crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
- spot: A certain place or area
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
- incompetent: Not having the skill or ability to do a thing well
- clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
- merchandise: Goods for sale
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
- riddle: Amusing question that has a clever or funny answer
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- great: Very good; better than before
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- wand: Thin rod held in the hand, e.g. used by a magician
- wizard: Man with magical powers
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- skewer: Thin metal or wooden stick to hold pieces of food
- trumpet: Brass wind instrument with a flared bell
- disrespect: Lack of respect
- potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
- dagger: Small knife, e.g. that can be concealed
- swish: To move with a soft brushing or sweeping sound
- iris: Round colored part of an eye
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- newt: Small salamander that lives mostly in water
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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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Eddie Redmayne Teaches Jimmy Fantastic Beasts Wand Moves
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April Lu posted on 2018/12/20Ever wondered how Eddie Redmayne masters those magical wand moves from Fantastic Beasts? You'll get a fun peek into his process and pick up some cool situational dialogue from this hilarious talk show interview! It's a fantastic chance to practice simple sentence structures while learning about movie magic.
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