Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- on the canvas: Knocked down, especially in boxing or other fights.
- at a distance: Far away; not close.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
- on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
- stand out
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- evolve: To develop certain features
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- influence: To affect or change something indirectly
- decade: Period of 10 years
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
- generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
- retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
- scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- compatible: Able to get on or be used well together
- expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- radically: Completely or extremely
- dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
- whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
- leave: To go away from; depart
- canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
- century: Period of 100 years
- explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
- public: Owned by the government
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
- significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- marvel: Something that causes wonder or astonishment
- compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- instantaneous: Occurring with no delay at all
- famous: Excellent
- primal: Existing from the beginning of known time
- saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
- autumn: The season when leaves fall off trees
- paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
- website: Collection of webpages in one location
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- scarlet: Bright red color
- dynamite: Sticks of explosive triggered by a fuse
- understatement: Description undervaluing how important a thing is
- detonate: To trigger or start an explosion
- overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
- unlock: To use a key or code to open something
- salon: Place for hairdressing or beauty treatments
- fantastical: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- neo: A prefix meaning 'recent' or 'new'
- boldness: Ability to not be afraid of danger
- subjectivity: Judgment based on individual personal impressions
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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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