Vocabulary
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- have to: Must do
- walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
- at least: As a minimum
- keep at: To continuously try to do something
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- pick out: To choose or select one item from many
- due to: Because of; owing to
- at the sight of: When seeing something, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- evolve: To develop certain features
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- interpret: To express so that others understand it
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- rational: Able to think clearly
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- association: Organization of people with the same interest
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
- spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
- irrational: Not sensible or reasonable; illogical
- couple: To join something to something else
- due: When something is required or expected
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- soak: To make something completely wet
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- sprint: To race or move at full speed
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- aversion: Strong feeling of dislike
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
- slimy: With or resembling slime; disgustingly thick
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
- disgust: Strong feeling of dislike for something
- venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
- silky: Having a smooth texture and shiny appearance
- roach: Another name for cockroach, an insect
- spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
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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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