Vocabulary
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
- first off: To begin with; firstly.
- be my guest: An invitation to someone to do something; help yourself
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- check out
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- boil: To become extremely angry or excited
- link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
- code: To express information in a series of numbers
- music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
- allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
- model: Being an excellent example of
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- egg: Hard-shelled thing from which a young bird is born
- style: The (tasteful) way something is designed or done
- door: You walk through this when you go in a room
- dweller: Person or animal that lives in a certain place
- karaoke: Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack
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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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