Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- going on: To continue doing something
- rub it in: To emphasize someone's mistake or misfortune, often to make them feel worse.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- at the bank: Located at or near a financial institution.
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- find out about: To look for information to learn about it
- look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
- white as a sheet: Extremely pale, usually from shock or sickness.
- stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- little man: A man of short stature.
- watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
- play along: To cooperate or pretend to cooperate with someone
- back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
- up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- for the benefit: In order to help or be useful to someone or something.
- storm out: To leave a place angrily and noisily.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
- in the bag: Assured of success; certain to be achieved.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- blast: To attack someone with words
- curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
- identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- option: A choice
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- sober: Not drunk
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
- extensive: Large; full or complete
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
- alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
- solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
- fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
- storm: To act violently or angrily
- fully: Completely or entirely
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
- hip: The upper part of Leg
- shove: To roughly push someone or something away
- suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- morale: the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time
- great: Very good; better than before
- pot: Container designed to hold or store something
- captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
- vent: To express anger or grievance loudly/with feeling
- theft: Act of stealing
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- cop: Slang for police officer
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- happen: To take place or occur
- back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- tape: To record some sounds using an electric device
- drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
- come: To arrive at a place
- engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- camp: A (military) base
- onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
- file: Computer document
- title: Book produced by a publisher
- lieutenant: Officer in the army, navy, or air force
- mole: Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
- snitch: To take by theft; to steal
- bacon: Salted meat from a pig
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
- idiotic: Very irresponsible or foolish
- auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
- magically: In a manner that uses or involves magic
- torque: Turning or twisting force
- transformer: Electrical device to change electrical voltage
- ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
- grandma: Mother of your father or mother
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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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Brooklyn 99 moments that were NOT scripted | Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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