Vocabulary
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- visualize: To create a picture in your mind of something
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
- click: To work well with someone or something
- monologue: Long speech given by one person, often in a play
- appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
- memorize: To study something so that you remember it
- reservation: Arrangement to keep a room or table for you
- paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- great: Very good; better than before
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
- weary: To make or become tired or lose energy or strength
- part: Division of a book
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- ransom: Money demanded for the release of a prisoner
- decode: To translate from code into the plain text
- lore: Traditional knowledge or tales relating to a thing
- dreary: Dull and making you feel sad or bored
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- whew: Sound people make when they are relieved
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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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