Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
- work out
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
- emotionally charged: Filled with strong emotions; causing strong emotions.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in flames: Burning fiercely
- thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
- son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- stop: To block or close something
- invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- leave: To go away from; depart
- week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
- eat: To put food in your mouth
- talk: Style of speaking
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- important: Having power or authority
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- team: Group of people working on a task together
- speaker: Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
- agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- member: Part of the body of a human, animal
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- fit: Good looking; physically attractive
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- area: Amount of measured space
- leader: Person who is in charge of a group or task
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
- communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- trivial: Small; unimportant; worthless
- inspirational: Influencing someone to do something (good)
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- spiritually: In a strict disciplined manner
- visibility: Quality of being able to be seen, as at a distance
- motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
- transforming: To change the shape completely in a good way
- demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
- breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
- emotionally: In a way that shows your feelings
- implement: To start to do something you plan to do
- leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
- alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
- strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
- congruent: Having the same shape and size
- praised: To express approval of something or someone
- misconception: Wrong or misunderstood idea
- oftentimes: Mainly US many times; at short intervals
- compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
- recap: Brief description of something that had been said
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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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