Vocabulary
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
- write in: To add text to a document or form.
- on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- at least: As a minimum
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- leave out: To forget; omit
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- get it together: To organize your life and become more responsible.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- go away: To go on vacation
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- leave: To go away from; depart
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- literacy: Fact of having knowledge of a particular subject
- wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- syntax: Study of the way words are organized in a sentence
- linguist: Person who speaks several languages
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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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