Vocabulary
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- cut down: To reduce your use of something
- forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
- heading to: Going in a particular direction.
- on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- dunk on: To score by forcibly putting the ball into the basket.
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- follow up on: To investigate or check on something.
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- enormous: Huge; very big; very important
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- respond: To answer something or someone
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
- stadium: Building with a sports field for watching games
- rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- trophy: Prize given to the winner of a competition
- great: Very good; better than before
- coach: Large, comfortable bus
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- remainder: What is left over after the larger part is gone
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
- unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
- department: Division of a larger part or organization
- dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
- victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
- championship: Sports competition to find the best player or team
- tar: Black oily substance used to make roads
- auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
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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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Auto-Tune the News #1: march madness. economic woes. pentagon budget cuts.
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Eddie Tsai posted on 2013/10/02Get ready to laugh with "Auto-Tune the News" as it hilariously remixes headlines about March Madness, economic troubles, and Pentagon budget cuts! You'll pick up practical phrases and simple sentence structures while enjoying a super funny political satire and sports mashup.
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