Vocabulary
- for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
- on time
- on the count of: Because of; due to a particular reason or cause.
- hell yeah: An enthusiastic expression of agreement or approval.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
- person: Man, woman or child
- submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- fix: Answer to a problem
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
- envelope: Paper cover you put around a letter to mail it
- vitality: Quality of having energy and life
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
- happen: To take place or occur
- fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
- youth: Being young; time when you are young
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- gambling: Act of betting money on events
- maid: Female servant in a house or hotel
- navy: Very dark shade of blue
- body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
- reset: To return to the original start or formation
- horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
- timer: Device measure the amount of time that has gone by
- lion: Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia
- pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
- civilize: To teach people how to behave properly
- whew: Sound people make when they are relieved
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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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