Vocabulary
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- hold your horses: To wait and be patient; to not be so fast or impulsive.
- as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- respond: To answer something or someone
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- great: Very good; better than before
- addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- forget: To not remember something
- bob: To move up and down repeatedly
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
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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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Samuel posted on 2024/09/15Ever need to tell someone to hold on, but you're not sure how? This video from Bob the Canadian is packed with 12 super useful ways to ask someone to wait in everyday English, from quick 'secs' to the fun idiom 'hold your horses'! You'll pick up practical phrases perfect for keeping conversations flowing smoothly.
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