Vocabulary
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- came off: To succeed in doing; complete something
- have to: Must do
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- previous: Existing or happening before the present time
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- financial: Involving money
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- pile: Large amount of something
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- blow: To move something using air
- colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
- melt: To disappear or to go away
- handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
- lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- annoy: To make someone angry
- flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- fasten: To attach things by pinning, tying, or nailing
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
- bouquet: Bunch or collection of flowers
- bob: To move up and down repeatedly
- seatbelt: Strong belt in a car to hold you in your seat
- 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
A2 Elementary
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