Vocabulary
- got to: To arrive at some place
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- work out
- deal with
- have to: Must do
- at hand: Close by; readily available.
- flip through: To look quickly through a book or magazine.
- hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
- off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
- break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
- in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- those times: A period in the past, often remembered fondly.
- get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
- walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- manifest: List of cargo on a ship
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- respond: To answer something or someone
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
- guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
- nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
- important: Having power or authority
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
- patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
- neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
- surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- person: Man, woman or child
- discover: To find something new that was not known before
- battle: Military fight between armies
- payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
- cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
- unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
- bamboo: Long light Asian plant with strong, empty stems
- duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
- victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
- severance: Money received when you are let go from a company
- ray: Person's name
- whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
- whoop: Loud cry expressing excitement or happiness
- unquestionably: With certainty
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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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