Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- by contrast: Used to introduce an idea or situation that is very different from one you have just mentioned.
- have to: Must do
- being creative: The state of using imagination or original ideas to create something.
- plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
- meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- food: What people and animals eat to live
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- bird: Animal with feathers that uses wings to fly
- nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
- bad: Not good; wrong
- room: All of the people inside a particular room
- leave: To go away from; depart
- potato: Vegetable used e.g. to make fries
- holiday: Day when people don't go to work or school
- graph: Image expressing numerical data in lines or shapes
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- bread: Money or earnings
- hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
- dead: Not alive
- salad: Uncooked vegetables made into a dish
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- piece: A counter in a board game
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- call: A order or request for action
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- arrange: To write music for a particular instrument
- pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
- tiny: Very, very small
- messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
- sexually: In a way or manner that involves sex
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
- separated: To divide two things by being in between them
- silly: Careless
- acting: To behave in a certain way
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- creative: Having the ability to make something new
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
- devil: A spirit said to be evil
- idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- frustrated: Annoyed because things don't go the way you want
- pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
- obsessive: Characterized by or constituting an obsession
- flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
- etiquette: Rules regarding manners or good behavior
- mash: To make something soft by beating or crushing it
- pornography: Pictures or stories that stimulate sexual desire
- gravy: Brown sauce made from meat juices when cooking
- penis: Male organ for copulation and urination
- cranberry: Small, dark-red berry used for juice, etc.
- anus: Opening in the body from which solid waste passes
- utensil: A tool with a particular use, especially in a kitchen or house
- turd: Obscene terms for feces
- whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
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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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Thanksgiving Etiquette
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蔡政 posted on 2014/01/25Ever wondered about Thanksgiving table manners or how to avoid an etiquette fail? This hilarious skit dives into holiday dinner mishaps with plenty of visual gags and crude humor, perfect for picking up practical cultural insights and everyday vocabulary. Get ready to laugh and learn!
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