Vocabulary
- got to: To arrive at some place
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- to order: To give an instruction or command.
- from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- hand out: To distribute papers (often in class)
- pull forward: To move something or someone ahead or further in a particular direction.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- dairy: Concerning or made from milk
- contemplate: To consider whether you will do something
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- generous: Giving or ready to give freely
- couple: To join something to something else
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
- medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- important: Having power or authority
- vanilla: Having the taste of vanilla
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- fill: To make something full
- hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
- competence: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
- customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
- bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
- peanut: Edible small nut which grows under the ground
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- blizzard: Powerful windstorm with large amounts of snow
- tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
- sample: To try (e.g. food, drink), to see if you like it
- cone: A 3D shape with a circular base and pointed top
- cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
- triple: Group or set of three
- warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
- brownie: A chocolate, cake-like dessert or cookie
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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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