Vocabulary
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- go on: To continue doing something
- reaches out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
- going on: To continue doing something
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
- have to: Must do
- seek help: To ask for or try to get assistance or support.
- as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
- at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
- act on: To have an effect on something.
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- neutral: Something with pH value of 7
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- seek: To ask someone for help
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
- react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
- suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
- sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
- important: Having power or authority
- summarize: To state the main or most important ideas
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- act: To behave in a certain way
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- point: An item to be discussed
- fill: To make something full
- clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
- suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
- gloss: To summarize very briefly; skip over
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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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