Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- hear out: To listen to the end of what someone is saying
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
- do your best: To try as hard as you can; put in maximum effort.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- material: Cloth; fabric
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
- grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- express: To send something by fast mail
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
- dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- important: Having power or authority
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- audio: Concerning sound
- cashier: Person whose job is taking money in a store, etc.
- mid: At (or near) the middle point
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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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