Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- head out: To leave a place; depart
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- mix it up: To vary or do things differently; to introduce variety.
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- heel up: To walk away, especially abruptly or disrespectfully.
- leg up: Assistance given to someone by lifting or pushing them up.
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- sport: Something that is done for fun, e.g. football
- father: A male parent
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- stop: To block or close something
- love: Person's name
- worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
- go: To attend or be at a place
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- kid: Child or young person
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- special: Being additional or extra
- soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
- coaching: Teaching others how to do (sport, job)
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- badly: Not in a good way; not as wanted or liked
- pound: The # key on a keyboard
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- mixed: To combine two or more things to make one
- boxing: To strike someone on the side of the head
- fighter: Something or someone that fights
- champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- undefeated: Not yet lost or having been beaten
- boxer: Someone who fights with his fists for sport
- championship: Sports competition to find the best player or team
- pro: Reason given in support of something
- training: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
- compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
- talented: Highly proficient or good at something
- competing: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
- row: To move a boat using oars
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
- technical: Complex; difficult to understand
- martial: Concerning fighting, war, or soldiers
- frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
- abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
- junior: Student in third year
- target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
- division: How many times a number is contained in another
- combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- rank: To rate or class things
- amateur: Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
- torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
- trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
- gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
- grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
- thai: Concerning the culture and people of Thailand
- Olympic: Of or relating to the Olympic Games
- submission: Reluctant agreement with the wishes of others
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
- enrolled: To put someone into a group; to register
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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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