Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- renowned: Widely known and esteemed
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
- gender: State of being male or female
- supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- distinction: Special quality that makes something different
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- century: Period of 100 years
- important: Having power or authority
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- spatial: About space
- sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
- overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
- point: An item to be discussed
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
- datum: Item of factual information
- marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- dichotomy: Difference between two completely opposite ideas
- bombardment: Act of dropping bombs on a place
- prescriptive: Determining or ordering rules or laws
- invert: To turn the order of things backwards
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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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Are male and female brains different? - BBC REEL
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VoiceTube posted on 2025/03/04Ever wondered if there's really a 'pink' and 'blue' brain? This fascinating BBC REEL video dives into neuroscience to bust myths about sex differences in the brain, exploring how much is nature versus nurture. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and get a deeper cultural understanding of gendered brains!
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