Vocabulary
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- have to: Must do
- speed up: To move more quickly
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- aside from
- to the good: An advantage or credit that one has.
- the good stuff: Things of high quality or the best kind.
- get up to: To do something slightly naughty
- flush out: To force someone or something out of a hiding place.
- work out
- get cracking: To start doing something quickly or with energy.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
- booze: Alcohol; alcoholic drink
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- foremost: Being the best or most important
- contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- brew: A beer; a drink of beer
- snooze: A short light sleep; nap
- scrub: To clean with hard rubbing
- mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
- frightening: To make someone afraid or nervous
- alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- flush: Feeling that comes suddenly
- ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
- important: Having power or authority
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- schedule: A list of events and their times
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- part: Division of a book
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- hay: Dry grass used as food for animals
- thirsty: Having a powerful desire or need for something
- rev: Short form of reverend
- preset: To set up in advance (e.g. TV default settings)
- hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
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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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