Vocabulary
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- look up to: To respect or admire someone
- to the left: In or toward the left direction.
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- spot: A certain place or area
- manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
- pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
- leave: To go away from; depart
- groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
- adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
- audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
- blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- itch: Something you are desperate to do
- truth: Real facts about something
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- cousin: Child of your uncle or aunt
- answer: To reply to a question someone asks
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
- smell: To have a particular odor
- liar: Person who tells lies
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
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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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