Vocabulary
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- the following: Next in order or sequence.
- have to: Must do
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
- physical state: The condition of a body or substance with respect to its physical attributes.
- look beyond: To consider the future and what might happen.
- call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
- move along: To make progress; advance.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
- on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
- beneath the surface: In or under the outer layer of something, often physically below.
- search for: To try to find someone or something.
- work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- paralyzed: To be unable to move from loss of muscle function
- spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
- body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
- motion: Suggestion at a meeting
- resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
- muscle: Physical power
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
- insist: To demand that someone do something
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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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