Vocabulary
- without further ado: Without unnecessary delay or introduction; immediately.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- air out: To ventilate a room or space by opening windows or doors.
- have to: Must do
- on to: Toward something; forward
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- in pairs: Divided into or working as two people together.
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in terms of
- close: Almost; near
- mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
- nose: Part of the face used for breathing and smelling
- stop: To block or close something
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- leave: To go away from; depart
- come: To arrive at a place
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
- website: Collection of webpages in one location
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- round: From beginning to end (e.g. of the year)
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- circle: A perfectly round shape
- Miss: To be absent
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- memorize: To study something so that you remember it
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- repeat: Action that is done again
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- voice: Ability to sing well
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- voiceless: Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- voicing: To express a thought or opinion, by using words
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- replace: To use instead of something else
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- arrange: To write music for a particular instrument
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- dental: Concerning the teeth
- deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
- explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
- accuracy: Being exactly right; correctness
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
- rapidly: With great speed; quickly
- symbol: Image that means or represents something
- manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
- combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- alveolar: (Of sound) when tongue touches back of top teeth
- unvoiced: Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- lateral: On the side; moving sideways
- nasal: Concerning, used for, or relating to the nose
- glottal: Concerning or produced by the vocal cords
- English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
- catnip: Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
- turbulent: (Of water) moving violently and unevenly
- airflow: Movement of air around objects
- ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
- vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
- articular: Concerning the joints of the body
- underside: Lower side of anything
- vibrate: To shake side to side quickly in small movements
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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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Pronunciation Tutorial 2: English Pronunciation and IPA: Manner
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Kevin Lin posted on 2015/10/19Ever wondered how to make those tricky English consonant sounds? This video dives deep into the IPA's 'manner' of articulation, showing you exactly how to produce sounds like unvoiced nasals with clear visual demonstrations! You'll pick up advanced phonetics vocabulary and boost your English pronunciation skills.
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