Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- on time
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- next to: Being located along side another
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- daughter: A female child of someone
- warm: To become more friendly or to like something
- son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
- hour: 60 minutes
- mom: A slang term for mother
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
- girl: A female child; a young woman
- pleasantly: In a cheerful manner
- funniest: Causing the most laughter or amusement
- holiday: Day when people don't go to work or school
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- easy: Not hard to do; not difficult
- cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
- laughing: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
- wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- wet: Concerning a bar that serves or sells alcohol
- meeting: To provide something that is necessary
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
- fool: An idiot; someone who does something stupid
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
- teenage: Being of the age 13 through 19
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- hung: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- rolling: To continue along as time normally progresses
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- total: Whole number or amount of something
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- schedule: A list of events and their times
- slightly: Only a little
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
- insane: Mentally ill; crazy
- infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
- brunch: Mixture of breakfast and lunch eaten late morning
- nerdy
- bathtub: Thing you take a bath in
- reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
- pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
- sidewalk: Paved area for pedestrians, usually beside a road
- sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
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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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Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow on Keeping a Straight Face
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VoiceTube posted on 2016/10/12Ever wondered what happens when movie magic goes hilariously wrong? You'll get a behind-the-scenes peek at Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow trying to keep a straight face during filming, with plenty of bloopers and funny moments! It's a super fun way to pick up everyday conversational phrases and practice simple sentence structures.
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