Vocabulary
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- further out: At a greater distance; more distant.
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- require: To demand that someone does something
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- defense: Argument in support of something
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- storm: To act violently or angrily
- upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
- hub: Center of action or interest
- attach: To be associated or connected with
- replace: To use instead of something else
- rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
- solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
- densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
- electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- originally: At first; in the beginning
- land: Region or country
- tribe: Racial group united by language, religion, customs
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- central: Being in the middle
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- live: To be alive
- medicine: Something used in treating illness or pain
- drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
- mid: At (or near) the middle point
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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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The Man-Made, Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
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Evangeline posted on 2021/04/09Ever wondered how people live on floating islands? Dive into the incredible world of the Uros people on Lake Titicaca and discover their amazing reed construction techniques! You'll pick up fascinating vocabulary about traditional lifestyles and community resilience while exploring this unique travel destination.
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