Vocabulary
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
- catch up: To become equal with another person
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- on a mission: Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
- meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
- empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
- stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- shed: Small building used for storage
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
- require: To demand that someone does something
- retrieve: To find and bring in animals during a hunt
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- perk: An advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job
- costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
- commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
- public: Owned by the government
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
- trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- quit: To leave a job
- minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- carriage: Vehicle on wheels, usually pulled by a horse
- elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
- behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- confine: To hold or imprison someone in a place
- cleavage: The narrow space between a woman's breasts, that is seen when she wears a piece of clothing that does not cover the top of them
- surf: To view webpages on the internet
- mechanic: A person who looks after/works with machinery
- rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
- knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
- avenger: Someone who takes revenge on someone
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- nah: Way of saying 'No'
- spiderman: Fictional character from comics and movies
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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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Ozzy Man Reviews: Public Transport
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lauren.huang posted on 2020/03/05Ever wondered what goes on during a typical commute? Ozzy Man Reviews dives into the hilarious chaos of public transport, from crowd surfing to costume spotting! You'll pick up practical, everyday phrases and get a fun dose of cultural insights along the way.
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