Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- the whole story: The complete and unabridged account of something.
- evening: To make something level; to flatten
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- brother: A boy or man who shares a parent with you
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- toilet: Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
- photographic: Concerning the art of making images with cameras
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- birthday: Date each year on which you were born
- clock: A device that shows the time
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- hair: Long thin strands growing on your head or body
- sister: Female you share a parent with
- picture: General situation or state of being
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
- actor: Person who acts in the theater, movies, or TV
- sink: To push something down into the ground
- license: To give official permission to do something
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- happen: To take place or occur
- idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- sweatshirt: Long-sleeved pullover, generally made from cotton
- hanging: Suspended in the air
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- truth: Real facts about something
- donation: Gift or money given to help support a cause
- bruise: To cause a dark mark in the flesh through injury
- treasury: Government office concerned with finance
- vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
- mediocre: Average; not outstanding; not very good
- flux: A state of flow and change
- capacitor: Device that can temporarily store electric charge
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
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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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