Vocabulary
- live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
- for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
- good humor: A cheerful or agreeable mood.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- at peace with: Feeling calm and content about something, especially after a period of worry or difficulty.
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- live: To be alive
- love: Person's name
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- long: Person's name
- closed: To come progressively nearer to something
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- discount: To consider to be not important or not true
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- deep: Complex and important
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- peace: Calm and quiet state
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- prisoner: Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- transfer: To move to a different place, job or school
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- equal: Same in shape, size, or number
- politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
- universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
- ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
- freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
- courageous: Able to face danger without fear
- sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
- fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
- protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
- influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
- comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
- extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
- harmony: Pleasing, attractive combination of parts, things
- commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
- inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
- bent: To become curved or no longer straight
- moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
- domination: Authority; rule; control
- saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
- sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
- renewal: Action of making something more modern or like new
- dock: To take away a part of an animal's tail
- countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
- worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
- grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
- humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
- reconciliation: Getting two figures/accounts to match financially
- sinner: One who sins; one breaking a religious law
- aspire: To have a great ambition or goal
- reconcile: To balance the accounts
- strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
- embodied: To make something into part of a body or system
- profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
- legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
- dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
- globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
- apartheid: System that separated people on the basis of race
- arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
- cherish: To care a lot about or love someone or something
- gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
- democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
- humor: Quality that makes something funny
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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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President Obama Speaks on the Death of Nelson Mandela
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VoiceTube posted on 2013/12/08Dive into President Obama's powerful tribute to Nelson Mandela and explore themes of reconciliation and moral leadership. You'll gain cultural depth and pick up advanced vocabulary while reflecting on a pivotal historical moment. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your understanding of human rights and complex sentence structures!
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