Vocabulary
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- lunch in: To eat lunch at home or workplace rather than outside.
- take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
- follow along: To agree to do or act the same as others
- go on: To continue doing something
- breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
- pretty much anything: Almost everything; nearly all things.
- serve time: To spend time in prison as a punishment for a crime
- in the mood: Wanting to do something
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- to date: Up to the present time; until now.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- variety: Particular type of thing or person
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- vicinity: Surrounding or nearby region; proximity
- notorious: Being famous or publicly known for something bad
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- comprehensive: Including most or all things
- cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
- mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
- click: To work well with someone or something
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
- platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- staff: Employees of a company
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- screen: To hide or block something from being seen
- excellent: Extremely good
- conclude: To finish or cause to finish; end
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- rail: To complain or object forcefully
- hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
- nestle: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
- waterfall: Steep descent of the water of a river
- reset: To return to the original start or formation
- yen: Currency used in Japan
- northwest: Being between west and north
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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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Nina posted on 2022/08/12Escape the Tokyo heat with this amazing day trip to Karuizawa! You'll learn practical phrases for travel, from hopping on the Hokuriku Shinkansen to exploring Shiraito Waterfall and Kyu-Karuizawa's charming streets.
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