Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- make up: To invent or create a story
- fade away: To disappear slowly
- shake up: To completely rethink or reorganize something
- on fire: Very successful or popular
- for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
- go away: To go on vacation
- run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- legit: As recognized by the law
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- leave: To go away from; depart
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- weirdo: Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
- cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- theater: Place where plays or movies are seen
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- part: Division of a book
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
- local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
- kid: Child or young person
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- fan: To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
- recluse: Person who lives in alone or far from others
- playback: Act of reproducing recorded sound
- beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- piggy: Childish name for pig
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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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