Vocabulary
- seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
- afford: To make available, to provide
- abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- seek: To ask someone for help
- phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- land: Region or country
- grizzly: Grayish
- picky: Careful about deciding on things; hard to please
- salmon: Light pinkish orange color
- spawn: Product or result of something
- nutritious: Providing nourishment; good to include in the diet
- return: To hit something back to the other player or team
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
- rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
- river: Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea
- enter: To start a career or an education
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
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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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Grizzly bear's amazing salmon catching techniques - BBC
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Nina posted on 2020/02/24Get ready for a wild ride as we dive into the incredible salmon-catching techniques of grizzly bears! You'll be amazed by their feeding frenzy and pick up some cool advanced vocabulary like 'hyperphagia' along the way. This is a fantastic chance to boost your knowledge and English skills with a real-life nature documentary!
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