Vocabulary
- perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- influence: To affect or change something indirectly
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- shift: To change in position or direction
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- valuable: Being useful or important
- resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
- catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
- piece: A counter in a board game
- celery: Long hard thin green vegetable
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- person: Man, woman or child
- intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
- execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
- supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
- gum: To cover or stick with adhesive
- heartbeat: Beat of your heart
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- initiation: Ritual ceremony to welcome newcomers
- irk: To annoy someone
- associative: Bringing ideas or events together
- synth: Electronic musical instrument that copies sounds
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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
A2 Elementary
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