Vocabulary
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- pick up the pieces: Begin to recover after a failure or disaster.
- by numbers: Doing something exactly according to instructions or method.
- hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
- love: Person's name
- dark: Of a color that is not light
- warm: To become more friendly or to like something
- cold: Illness of sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- colour: To change or affect someone's opinion
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
- wall: High, flat side of a room or building
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- storm: To act violently or angrily
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- mend: To repair or put into good shape or working order
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- sheltered: To give animals, people a place away from abuse
- swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
- surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
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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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