Vocabulary
- bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
- stand by: To keep to an agreement
- in use: Being used at the present time.
- go on: To continue doing something
- have a go: To attempt or try something.
- on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- alternative: Something different you can choose
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
- temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- agriculture: The science of farming
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- steep: Very expensive
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
- modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
- suspend: To hang something or someone from something
- business: A company formed for making profit
- product: Item that can be bought
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- petrol: Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
- cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
- elevate: To make something higher
- trench: Long narrow hole dug in the ground
- aerial: Being done, living or seen in the air
- rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
- rail: To complain or object forcefully
- lightweight: Weighing less compared to a similar thing
- tram: Vehicle that runs on cables or rails
- chassis: Supporting frame of a structure, esp. a car
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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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