Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
- for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
- shapes and sizes: A wide variety of forms and dimensions.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- back away: To stop being involved with, as through fear
- have to: Must do
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- property: Particular quality that someone or something has
- firm: Company that sells goods or services
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
- tiny: Very, very small
- path: Method of living leading to a particular result
- virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
- blend: To combine different elements or substances
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
- sculpture: Work of art made by cutting stone, wood, clay etc.
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
- piece: A counter in a board game
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- outlet: Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
- exhibition: Public event to display objects, art etc.
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- creek: Water channel that is smaller than a river
- lego: Child's plastic construction set
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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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Kristi Yang posted on 2023/08/31Ever wondered what it's like to trade a law career for a life of Lego art? This inspiring story follows an artist who left the courtroom to build incredible life-size sculptures, including a T-Rex skeleton! You'll pick up simple sentence structures and learn fascinating details about this unique career pivot.
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