Vocabulary
- on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- get a hold: To make contact with someone
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- have to: Must do
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
- jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- awkward: Lacking smooth movement
- ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
- desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
- dude: Form of address for a man
- aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- performance: Act of doing something
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- blow: To move something using air
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- sober: Not drunk
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
- handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
- great: Very good; better than before
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- person: Man, woman or child
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- atrocious: Extremely bad or cruel
- embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- part: Division of a book
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- annoy: To make someone angry
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- buggy: Being full of errors in software
- ballroom: Large room used mainly for dancing
- online: Connected to the internet
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
- drunken: (Of a rage, stupor, etc.) when a person is drunk
- salsa: Spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions and chili peppers
- margarita: Cocktail made of tequila, triple sec and lime
- waltz: Dignified dance of two people holding each other
- tango: Type of sexy ballroom dance from Argentina
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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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