Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- at school: Present and attending school.
- at least: As a minimum
- a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- amount: Quantity of something
- competition: Fighting against others to win something
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- couple: To join something to something else
- professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- bend: To become curved or no longer straight
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
- succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
- male: Characteristic of boys or men
- nickname: Name given by friends or family
- ballet: Form of theater telling a story in music and dance
- gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
- offscreen: Not on the screen; in real life, not in the movie
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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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First Position - Official Trailer 2012 - Ballet Documentary (HD)
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fisher posted on 2013/04/10Get ready for an inspiring look behind the scenes of the ballet world with "First Position"! You'll discover the incredible dedication, physical toll, and immigrant stories that drive these amazing dancers, all while picking up natural dialogue and cultural insights.
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