Vocabulary
- plunge into: To begin doing something with great enthusiasm or to become very involved in something.
- turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- at last: Finally; after a long delay.
- light on: To illuminate something.
- for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
- sort out: To find a way of dealing with a problem; resolve
- under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
- have to: Must do
- extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
- conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
- account: An advantage
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
- enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
- era: Period characterized by particular events, people
- violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
- fundamentally: In a basic and important way
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- demonstration: Open showing of emotion
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- union: Act of joining two or more things into one
- trust: To expect confidently
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- faithful: (Religious) people who believe in a god or gods
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
- activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
- displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
- dissolution: Indulgence in sensual pleasures; debauchery
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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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