Vocabulary
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
- to pieces: Broken into many small parts.
- carry out
- in a bubble: Living isolated from reality or outside events.
- track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
- work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
- have to: Must do
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- material: Cloth; fabric
- grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
- protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- tiny: Very, very small
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- section: A part of a whole
- rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
- flexible: Bending easily
- apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
- oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
- sneaky: Deceptive and underhand
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
- carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
- invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
- chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
- membrane: Outside covering of a cell
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- adhere: To support a cause, political party, religion
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- sneeze: Act of air suddenly being forced out of nose/mouth
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- nucleus: Center of an atom
- bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
- projection: A prediction; guess about future developments
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- amino: Of some substances that form proteins
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- live: To be alive
- earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
- blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
- airway: Passage for air to pass through, e.g. your throat
- endoplasmic: Inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
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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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