Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- move into: To start living in a new house or building
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
- wrap up: To complete something, such as a film or project
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- regardless of
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- go on: To continue doing something
- come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- page: Person's name
- father: A male parent
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
- student: Person studying at school
- eat: To put food in your mouth
- famous: Excellent
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- point: An item to be discussed
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- happening: To take place or occur
- happen: To take place or occur
- boil: To become extremely angry or excited
- tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- map: Diagram showing the geography of an area
- worried: Feeling troubled or concerned
- return: To hit something back to the other player or team
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- conclusion: End of something; finish
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- confirm: To formally approve or check something
- loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
- plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
- explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
- couple: To join something to something else
- thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
- plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
- nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
- psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
- express: To send something by fast mail
- tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
- tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
- concern: To be about a particular topic
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
- ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
- climax: Most exciting, intense point in a series of events
- exposition: Public event to display different products
- arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
- dystopian: As bad as can be; characterized by human misery
- spooky: Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- narrative: The telling of a story
- la: The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
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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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Power in Literature, Short Stories Part 4: Plot
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吳姈娟 posted on 2016/10/25Ever wondered how authors build suspense and keep you hooked? This video dives deep into plot structure, using Ray Bradbury's 'The Belt' to show you exactly how Freytag's Pyramid works! You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and learn to analyze spooky short stories like a pro.
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