Vocabulary
- phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- tally up: To calculate or add up a total.
- in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- retail: Business of selling products to the public
- deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
- receipt: Act of receiving something
- fit: Good looking; physically attractive
- leave: To go away from; depart
- credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- consumer: Person who buys goods or services
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- great: Very good; better than before
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- metro: Underground railway or subway
- subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
- derrick: Framework erected over an oil well to allow drill
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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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