Vocabulary
- ring a bell: To sound familiar; to vaguely remember something.
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- neutral: Something with pH value of 7
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
- agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- dictator: Ruler who decides everything, and enforces it
- slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- kid: Child or young person
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
- bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
- switzerland: A landlocked federal republic in central Europe
- star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
- birdie: Shooting a hole in one stroke under par in golf
- big: Popular
- fiddler: An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
- joseph: (New Testament) Husband of Mary and (in Christian belief)
- stalin: Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition
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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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