Vocabulary
- move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- drawing in: To attract or entice someone or something.
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- draw in: To attract or entice someone or something.
- shapes and sizes: A wide variety of forms and dimensions.
- on record: Formally and publicly stated
- apart from: Except for; not considering
- live up: To be as good as expected or promised.
- back in the day: In the past; in former times.
- fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- tiny: Very, very small
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
- advance: Forward movement by an army
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- scrub: To clean with hard rubbing
- mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- counterpart: Person/thing having same function/characteristics
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- prefer: To like something better than something else
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
- piece: A counter in a board game
- adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
- blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
- armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
- fill: To make something full
- cavity: Hole or empty space, especially in a tooth
- carnivorous: Concerning or characteristic of eating meat
- unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
- sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
- pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
- mushy: Excessively or insincerely emotional
- reproduction: Act or process of producing a copy of something
- crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
- prickly: Causing or having a sharp needle-like feeling
- jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
- fragmentation: Separating something into fine particles
- bathe: To be covered completely in something, e.g. light
- asexual: Without sexual organs; not involving sex
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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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