Vocabulary
- come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
- go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- off the air: Not currently being broadcast on television or radio.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- tip up: To (cause to) turn so that one end is higher than the other; overturn.
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- good bit: A significant amount or portion.
- end in: To have something as the final result.
- get up to: To do something slightly naughty
- at any rate: Whatever happens; in any case; anyway.
- finish with: To end a relationship
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- air out: To ventilate a room or space by opening windows or doors.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- make with: To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- make up: To invent or create a story
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- teeth: Hard white things in the mouth, used to bite
- mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
- part: Division of a book
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- finish: To use or consume all of something
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- shorter: Smaller in height
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- eighth: 8th
- seventh: 7th
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- ninth: 9th
- tenth: 10th
- sixth: 6th
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- fourth: 4th
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- lip: Edge of a hole or container
- lightly: In a gentle manner; with little weight or force
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- touching: Arousing your sympathy; moving
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- voice: Ability to sing well
- unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
- jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
- syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
- tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- simplify: To make something easier to do, use or understand
- unvoiced: Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- diphthong: Union of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, e.g. the sounds , ai; ai, in pipe , paip; paip, , the letters ou in doubt, pipe , paip; paip, , ai; ai, ; doubtou
- ff
- ordinal: Being or denoting a number in order in a series
- schwa: A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
- vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
- dd: DD is an acronym
- palate: Roof of the mouth
- cluster: To come together in a group, flock 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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How to Pronounce ORDINAL NUMBERS -- American English
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Shelby Lai posted on 2013/12/08Ever get tripped up saying "first," "second," or "third"? This video from Rachel's English breaks down the tricky pronunciation of ordinal numbers in American English, giving you practical tips to sound super clear. You'll pick up essential vocabulary for daily conversations and boost your confidence with these fundamental English sounds!
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