Vocabulary
- going on: To continue doing something
- by all means: Certainly; of course
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- look after: To take care of someone or something
- scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
- sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
- psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
- humility: Quality of not feeling better than others
- attend: To take care of someone in need
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- plane: An airplane
- schizophrenia: Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- kid: Child or young person
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- close: Almost; near
- diamond: Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
- gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
- downstairs: The floors below the current floor
- nah: Way of saying 'No'
- jr: Shortened form of 'junior'
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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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