Vocabulary
- inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
- poverty: State of being poor
- experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- strike: To hit something
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- conduct: Your behavior
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- prophecy: Statement that something will happen in the future
- spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
- prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- worthwhile: Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
- talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- cardiac: Concerning the heart
- audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
- ceremony: Special social or religious event
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- point: An item to be discussed
- own: To have something as your property
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- quit: To leave a job
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- business: A company formed for making profit
- mount: To attach something to something else
- discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- bulb: A round electronic device that produces light
- disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
- ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
- kicker: Player who kicks the football
- pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
- haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
- barbershop: Shop where men can get their hair cut, get shaved
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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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