Vocabulary
- in the hope of: With the expectation or desire for something to happen.
- play it safe: To avoid risks; to be cautious.
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- lock down: To secure a building or area to prevent entry or exit.
- spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
- for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
- in under: Located inside and beneath something.
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
- coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
- instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
- scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- act: To behave in a certain way
- public: Owned by the government
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
- surround: To be all the way around something
- excellent: Extremely good
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
- deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
- apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
- healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
- lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
- mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
- meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
- safe: Highly likely
- supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
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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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Hear from residents inside the sealed-off city off Wuhan, China
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Jade Weng posted on 2020/01/27Ever wondered what life was like inside Wuhan during the initial COVID-19 outbreak? This video brings you direct interviews with residents, offering a unique look at lockdown life and the rapid construction of field hospitals. You'll pick up practical vocabulary for daily situations and gain deeper cultural insights into how people coped during this unprecedented event.
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