Vocabulary
- early bird: A person who gets up or arrives early.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- tv show: A television program.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- of a feather: Used to describe people or things that are similar or connected.
- flock together: To gather or come together in a group.
- birds of a feather: People with similar interests or characteristics tend to stick together.
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
- next to: Being located along side another
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- have to: Must do
- out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- travel abroad: To go to a foreign country.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- procrastinate: To delay doing something that you ought to do
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
- idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
- important: Having power or authority
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
- paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
- argue: To fight or disagree over something
- point: An item to be discussed
- succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
- vow: Very serious promise
- surround: To be all the way around something
- bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- puff: To breath in and out quickly
- link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
- outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
- lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
- complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
- feather: One of the many light soft things on a bird's body
- worksheet: Piece of paper showing work planned or done
- inaudible: Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
- wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
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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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