Vocabulary
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- bring out: To formally introduce a girl/ woman to society
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- work around: To find a way to avoid a problem or obstacle.
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- get here: To arrive at a specific location.
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- fail big: To attempt something ambitious and not succeed, but in doing so, learn valuable lessons.
- shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
- lend a hand: To give assistance; to help someone.
- work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- vital: Needed to support life; essential
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- dude: Form of address for a man
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- address: Exact street location of a place
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
- steer: A cow
- respect: To follow the established rules
- radically: Completely or extremely
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- important: Having power or authority
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
- impart: To give a certain quality to something or someone
- fiercely: In an emotionally violent manner
- humor: Quality that makes something funny
- kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
- newsroom: Part of a tv station where news is compiled
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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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From Jennifer Garner to Tim Cook, highlights from 2019 graduation speeches
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Julia Kuo posted on 2019/07/17Ever wonder what advice Jennifer Garner and Tim Cook shared with graduates? This video dives into inspiring life lessons and calls to action from the Class of 2019's commencement speeches, perfect for boosting your cultural understanding and picking up simple, useful sentence structures!
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