Vocabulary
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- going on: To continue doing something
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- set up
- hands down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
- name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
- chill out: To relax and stop being angry or nervous about something.
- top off: To complete or finish something in a satisfying way.
- game over: The end of a game or a situation.
- dish out: To give or say things to people without thinking about them carefully
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
- get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
- head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
- geek out: To talk about or do something with great enthusiasm because you are very interested in it.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- have to: Must do
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- on the house: Free; paid for by the establishment.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- like anything: Used to emphasize strong intensity or effort.
- run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
- cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
- soup: Fairly liquid food made by boiling ingredients
- ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
- rice: Person's name
- eat: To put food in your mouth
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- food: What people and animals eat to live
- breakfast: First meal of the day
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- kitchen: Place where food is cooked
- photo: Short for photograph; a picture taken by a camera
- cook: To heat food until it is ready to eat
- milk: White liquid produced by females to feed babies
- fried: To cook something in fat or oil
- pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
- steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
- dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
- chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- chicken: A bird raised for its eggs and meat
- platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
- cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
- oil: A liquid used for frying foods
- neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
- confused: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
- fool: An idiot; someone who does something stupid
- pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
- sum: Amount when all is added together; total
- pot: Container designed to hold or store something
- beef: Red meat from cows
- style: The (tasteful) way something is designed or done
- coast: Land near the sea or ocean
- delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
- feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
- crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
- bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
- steamed: To cover a surface with steam, so as to clean it
- poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
- dim: Not bright; not being clear
- dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
- fucking: Vulgar term used as an intensifier
- shit: A coarse term for defecation
- bao: A steamed, filled bun in Chinese cuisine.
- lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
- yo: YO is an acronym
- dumple: A baked apple, often with a pastry crust.
- shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
- locker: Cupboard with a lock to keep your possessions
- panda: White and black bear-like mammal from China
- soy: Food substance made from soya beans
- flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
- dude: Form of address for a man
- cilantro: Herb used in Asian cooking; coriander
- grouper: Flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
- sauna: Room in which hot steam is used to clean the body
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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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阿多賓 posted on 2013/12/04Get ready to explore the vibrant food scene of Flushing with Eddie Huang as he dives into Taiwanese street food and the legendary Bao House! You'll pick up tons of useful vocabulary for ordering delicious dishes and gain some cool cultural insights along the way.
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