Vocabulary
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- appearance: The way a person looks to others
- glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
- anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- debut: First performance, appearance, e.g. of opera star
- attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
- donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
- weigh: To balance things against each other
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- cub: Young of certain animals, e.g. fox, lion or bear
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- eagerly: With eagerness; in an eager manner
- month: One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- eye: The part of the body that you see with
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- china: A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
- panda: White and black bear-like mammal from China
- zoo: Place in a town where wild animals are shown
- yuan: Unit of money in China
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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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Zenn posted on 2014/01/17Get ready for some serious cuteness overload with this adorable baby panda's debut in Taiwan! You'll love watching this playful cub climb over logs, and it's a fantastic chance to pick up some complex sentence structures while learning about panda diplomacy.
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