Vocabulary
- heart to heart: An honest and sincere conversation about feelings or personal topics.
- feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
- at sunrise: At the time when the sun first appears in the morning.
- doze off: To fall lightly asleep, especially during the day or when not intending to.
- turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- sake: Japanese rice wine
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- distant: Unfriendly; cold
- leave: To go away from; depart
- important: Having power or authority
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- hop: Dance party
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
- painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- trust: To expect confidently
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- truth: Real facts about something
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- deeply: To a significant degree
- kid: Child or young person
- triple: Group or set of three
- sunrise: The time of day we first see the sun
- hopper: Mix of things to be considered or done
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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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Yukiko posted on 2019/10/22Ever feel like you need to have that 'dad talk'? This heartfelt scene from Stranger Things is a masterclass in simple, situational dialogue about family and growing up. You'll pick up on natural ways to express feelings and set boundaries, perfect for practicing your conversational skills!
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