Vocabulary
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- end up with: To have something as a result.
- start off: To begin or commence something.
- account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
- in question: Being doubted or disputed; under discussion.
- source for: A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
- out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
- water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
- sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
- blue: Color of the clear sky
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- leaving: To go away from; depart
- hot: Angry or excited
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
- early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- part: Division of a book
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
- heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
- cloud: To confuse the mind/judgment of a person
- richer: Having more money, possessions, or resources
- dirty: Not clean
- arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
- push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
- dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
- star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- turned: To become (a particular age)
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
- stony: Having many rocks or stones
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- candidate: Politician who is running for public office
- rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
- strike: To hit something
- dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
- breathing: To move air into and out of your lungs
- liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
- manufacture: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
- frost: To form ice on the surfaces in cold weather
- outer: Far away
- dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
- strongly: With strength or in a strong manner
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- package: Box or container items are placed in for mailing
- logical: Sensible; reasonable
- splendid: Very impressive and beautiful
- unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
- rocky: (Of a marriage, etc.) involving many difficulties
- commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
- originate: To first come into existence
- hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
- ignite: To catch fire
- meteorite: Rock from space that hits Earth's surface
- comet: Moving object in space, with a long, bright tail
- blob: Object that does not have a regular shape
- combustion: An act or instance of burning
- unleashed: To release or let an animal go
- photosynthesis: Process of plants using the sun to make their food
- vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
- clump: Mass or pile of something such as soil
- blast: To attack someone with words
- abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
- marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
- center: Community place people go health or social reasons
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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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