Vocabulary
- set up
- drop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
- screw up: Spoken to make a big mistake
- have to: Must do
- at least: As a minimum
- as for: Concerning; regarding.
- on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
- in no time: Very quickly or soon
- check out
- crucial: Extremely important or necessary
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
- firm: Company that sells goods or services
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
- compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- require: To demand that someone does something
- plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
- flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
- enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
- vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
- raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- avocado: Pear-shaped fruit with green flesh and large stone
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- motion: Suggestion at a meeting
- overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
- transcend: To achieve or go beyond normal limits of
- requirement: A demand that someone does something
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
- swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
- dilute: To make something weaker or less efficient
- spur: To make your horse go faster
- assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
- whisk: To beat egg, etc. to add air and make it light
- yolk: Yellow central part of a bird's egg
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- add: To include as well
- circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
- forget: To not remember something
- employ: To use something for a specific task
- mash: To make something soft by beating or crushing it
- skillet: Pan used for frying food
- brunch: Mixture of breakfast and lunch eaten late morning
- distil: To collect the pure form by heating liquid
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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
A2 Elementary
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