Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- for England: To an extreme degree; with great intensity, effort, or quantity.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- touch in: Use a card or device to register entry in public transport.
- miss out: To exclude; not include in something
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
- aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- consider: To think carefully about something
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
- plural: Being more than one person or thing
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- important: Having power or authority
- confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
- freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
- jade: Green stone used to make jewelry/art objects
- pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti
- uncountable: (Of nouns) that cannot exist in the plural
- brunch: Mixture of breakfast and lunch eaten late morning
- scrabble: To search quickly through a pile of objects
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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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