Vocabulary
- going on: To continue doing something
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
- play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
- sticky fingers: Tendency to steal; a person who steals.
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
- in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
- at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
- news outlet: A media organization that disseminates news, such as a newspaper, magazine, television network, or website.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- deal with
- on to: Toward something; forward
- walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- stress out: To become anxious, worried, or tense.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- have at: To attack someone or something.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- like a dream: Working or performing extremely well or smoothly.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
- call it a day: To stop working on something for the rest of the day.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- potentially: That could happen or become reality
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- annoying: To make someone angry
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
- brew: A beer; a drink of beer
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
- leave: To go away from; depart
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- row: To move a boat using oars
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
- embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- festival: Cultural event with a program of events
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- rash: Without much thought; done or acting too quickly
- rift: Opening made by splitting; a major disagreement
- exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
- lace: To add an amount of liquor to a food or drink
- terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
- spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
- hazelnut: Small trees bearing nuts of the same name
- bitch: To aggressively complain about something
- karaoke: Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack
- beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
- yee: The sound made to surprise someone
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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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