Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- interfere: To get involved in something not your business
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- political: Being active or interested in government matters
- vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
- administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
- agency: Business that provides some service for others
- diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
- confirm: To formally approve or check something
- accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
- approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
- drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
- recover: To return to a prior normal condition
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
- governor: Person who leads a state or province
- health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
- provincial: People living out of a main city
- neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- afghanistan: Country in central Asia between Iran and Pakistan
- bad: Not good; wrong
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- safe: Highly likely
- food: What people and animals eat to live
- kill: To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
- week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
- cove: Small, sheltered inlet or bay
- woman: Adult female human being
- bombing: To attack with explosives
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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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VOA60: December 15, 2020
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