Vocabulary
- hop in: To get in or on a vehicle
- swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
- dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
- move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
- check out
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
- linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- endless: Having or appearing to have no end
- groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
- command: To be able to see far from a certain location
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- altogether: All things considered
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- colossal: Being extremely large in size or amount
- act: To behave in a certain way
- hop: Dance party
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- fur: Hairy coat of an animal
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- coat: Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
- domesticate: To train an animal as a pet or to do work; tame
- playful: Being fun or wanting to play
- trademark: Legal symbol proving ownership of product, etc.
- waterproof: That keeps water out, as of clothes
- purr: To make a soft, pleasing humming noise like a cat
- nonstop: Occurring without stops; continuous
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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
A2 Elementary
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