Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- round to: To visit someone's place informally, usually briefly.
- going on: To continue doing something
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
- at the moment: At this time; now
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
- instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
- compelling: To force someone to do something
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
- distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
- frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- invest: To use resources to build for the future
- subtly: In a way that is delicate or slight, but effective
- leave: To go away from; depart
- literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- document: Official (printed) record that gives information
- chronological: Placed in order of time, usually of events
- emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
- collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fully: Completely or entirely
- act: To behave in a certain way
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- collaborative: Working with others to complete a task
- unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
- detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
- execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
- provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
- great: Very good; better than before
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- relish: (Usually spicy) food that adds zest to a dish
- betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
- traitor: Person who betrays your country or someone's trust
- intellect: Ability to think with reason and intelligence
- shorthand: Abbreviated writing; symbols used by secretary
- goliath: Very large or powerful person, company etc.
- calibre: Degree or grade of excellence or worth
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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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