Vocabulary
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- sick and tired: Fed up with or annoyed by something.
- knock it off: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
- shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
- turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- orange: Being a color that is a mixture of red and yellow
- brother: A boy or man who shares a parent with you
- knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- stop: To block or close something
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- driving: To move cattle from one place to another
- big: Popular
- funny: Causing laughter; amusing
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- song: Distinctive series of sounds made by a bird
- shut: To stop being open for business
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- relaxed: Being calm or quiet; not worrying
- drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- huge: Very very large
- mumbling: To speak without being clear or loud enough
- plump: Large and round; slightly fat, in a pleasant way
- carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
- butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
- pumpkin: Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
- eyeball: The round part of the eye
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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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
A2 Elementary
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ET Hsu posted on 2014/03/04Get ready for some fruity fun with the Annoying Orange! You'll love this animated short as Orange hilariously mistakes a pumpkin for his buddy, leading to some super silly situational dialogue. It's a fantastic way to practice simple sentence structures and pick up some fun, everyday phrases!
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