Vocabulary
- at midnight: At twelve o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- anything goes: There are no rules or restrictions; anything is acceptable or possible.
- narrow down: To reduce the number of possibilities or choices.
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- walk away with: To win or obtain something easily or without much effort.
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- variety: Particular type of thing or person
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- decade: Period of 10 years
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
- judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
- competition: Fighting against others to win something
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
- genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
- footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
- recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
- surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- trailer: Advertisement of short scenes from a movie
- important: Having power or authority
- staff: Employees of a company
- citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
- product: Item that can be bought
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- harass: To bother repeatedly with harmful words or actions
- prolific: Producing something in large quantities
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- dental: Concerning the teeth
- deadline: A date or time before which something must be done
- duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
- upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
- midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
- online: Connected to the internet
- skateboard: Board with wheels you stand on to ride
- hobbit: Imaginary being in stories by JRR Tolkien
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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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