Vocabulary
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- out of wedlock: Born to parents who are not married to each other.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- double up: To bend your body quickly, for example because you are in pain or because you are laughing a lot
- have on: To be wearing something.
- in the pocket: Having secured or certain success or advantage.
- freak out: To react or behave in a wild or irrational way
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- eye patch: A patch worn over the eye, typically to protect it or conceal an injury.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- material: Cloth; fabric
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
- suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- section: A part of a whole
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
- fault: A failure or negative aspect of
- affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
- patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
- shove: To roughly push someone or something away
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- pouch: Pocket; a folded area that holds something
- great: Very good; better than before
- inflate: To fill/be filled with air and make/become bigger
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- deep: Complex and important
- porn: Short for pornography
- vagina: Lower part of the female reproductive tract
- embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- faulty: Not perfectly made/working correctly; defective
- fare: Money people pay to travel on buses, taxis, boats
- cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
- chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- pitcher: Person who throws the ball during a baseball game
- anal: Concerning the anus
- dick: Someone who is a detective
- underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
- heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
- dependable: That can be relied on or trusted
- talk: Style of speaking
- beware: To be careful, used in warning someone
- fetish: Something you are obsessed with/think about a lot
- heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
- zipper: Device with interlocking teeth to close pants, etc.
- cock: Adult male chicken
- hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
- granny: Grandmother
- weirdness: Quality of being unusual and strange
- thong: Leather strip
- sweetie: Person loved by someone; boyfriend, girlfriend
- ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
- pong: To smell badly
- ye: Old word for 'you' in the plural
- mailbox: A box for putting or receiving mail, emails
- airbag: Bag-like device that puffs up in an auto collision
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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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