Vocabulary
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- have to: Must do
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- beard: Hair that grows on a man's face
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- skill: Ability to do something well
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- code: To express information in a series of numbers
- politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- blog: To read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal
- app: Small applications for smartphones
- taxi: Car that transports people for money
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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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