Vocabulary
- out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
- tighten up: To make stricter or more secure.
- forward: Toward what is ahead; in front
- end: The point where a process or activity stops
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- respond: To answer something or someone
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
- productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
- scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- paste: To move computer data from one page to another
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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
A2 Elementary
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