Vocabulary
- meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- next to: Being located along side another
- far worse: Significantly more unpleasant, serious, or severe.
- deal with
- take up with: To begin an association or friendship with someone, often implying disapproval.
- fall back on: To make use of, when you have no other options
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- have to: Must do
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- insane: Mentally ill; crazy
- enormous: Huge; very big; very important
- vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
- simultaneously: At the same time; all together
- intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
- prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
- plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
- abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- seek: To ask someone for help
- widespread: Happening or existing in many places
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
- consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
- contempt: Extreme lack of respect; strong disapproval
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- reassure: To make feel less worried about something
- monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
- vengeance: Punishment in return for an injury or a wrong
- revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
- bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
- hostility: Hostile action; an act of war
- substantially: In a basic, general manner
- polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- fill: To make something full
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- person: Man, woman or child
- deep: Complex and important
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- adept: Being highly skilled in some activity
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- latent: Existing but needing certain conditions to start
- overt: Obvious; easily seen or noticed; explicit
- intolerable: Unbearable; so that you cannot suffer any more
- constitutionally: According to a nations constitution
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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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