Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- bun in the oven: To be pregnant.
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- nasal: Concerning, used for, or relating to the nose
- palate: Roof of the mouth
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
- bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- sin: Act that breaks a religious law
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
- minimal: The smallest possible; least
- ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- image: Picture, sculpture or painting of something
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- repeat: Action that is done again
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- note: To notice or pay particular attention to something.
- close: Almost; near
- wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
- goat: Small animal with beard and horns
- carelessly: Without care or concern
- alveolar: (Of sound) when tongue touches back of top teeth
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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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