Vocabulary
- theme music: A recurring piece of music associated with a particular film, television program, or event.
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
- ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- excellence: Extremely high quality
- prize: Something won in a contest or given as an award
- engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
- suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- graduate: Concerning a Masters or Ph.D. university courses
- equip: To provide with necessary materials or skills
- tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
- theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
- acceptance: Act of accepting; agreement to accept
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
- innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- badass: A tough, uncompromising, or intimidating person.
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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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Georgia Tech - Freshman Convocation - Epic Welcome Speech
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VoiceTube posted on 2013/10/10Get ready for an epic welcome to Georgia Tech with this super motivational speech! You'll hear about standing on the shoulders of giants and maybe even building an Iron Man suit, all while picking up some great cultural insights and simple sentence structures.
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