Vocabulary
- got the idea: Understood something.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- set up
- a few moments: A short period of time
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
- tiny: Very, very small
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
- crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- bachelor: Person who earned a first degree at a university
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
- act: To behave in a certain way
- confused: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- pot: Container designed to hold or store something
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- trust: To expect confidently
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- laughter: Action or sound of laughing
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- potty: (Child's) portable toilet
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
- lollipop: Candy on a stick
- nanny: Woman paid to take care of the children of others
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
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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
A2 Elementary
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Bonnie Yang posted on 2017/03/16Get ready to laugh with Emma Watson and Ellen DeGeneres in this hilarious hidden camera prank! You'll pick up everyday phrases and practice simple sentence structures as you follow along with their funny nanny audition.
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