Vocabulary
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- pull off: To manage to succeed
- in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- going on: To continue doing something
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- some time ago: At a point in the past; not recently.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- check on: To check that things are OK, correct
- trailer park: An area where trailers or mobile homes are parked for residential use.
- mobile home
- due to: Because of; owing to
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
- dude: Form of address for a man
- epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- association: Organization of people with the same interest
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
- due: When something is required or expected
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
- bust: To arrest people involved in crime
- bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
- colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- buddy: Friend, usually male
- prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
- coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- trailer: Advertisement of short scenes from a movie
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- vow: Very serious promise
- anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
- refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- great: Very good; better than before
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- inaudible: Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
- citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- ray: Person's name
- beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
- eviction: Action by a landlord compelling a tenant to leave
- dale: Area of low land between hills or mountains
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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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