Vocabulary
- become popular: To start to be liked by many people.
- cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
- under the sun: Everything in the world; everything imaginable.
- on record: Formally and publicly stated
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- extreme: Very great in degree
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- strike: To hit something
- climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
- blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
- stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
- alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- seek: To ask someone for help
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- degree: Amount or extent of something
- relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
- trend: Current style or fashion
- soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
- roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
- flame: To glow
- intend: To plan or want to do something
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- thermometer: Instrument for measuring temperature
- come: To arrive at a place
- usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
- greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
- mist: Light water droplets in air, so you can't see well
- furnace: Container with hot fire for melting metal, etc.
- unforgettable: Impossible to forget; memorable; impressive
- scorch: To dry up from the power of the sun
- cannon: Large wheeled gun that fires heavy metal balls
- outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building
- emitter: Electrode in transistor where electrons originate
- outdoors: Outside a building; in the open air
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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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