Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- against time: Working under pressure to meet a deadline; in a race to finish something quickly.
- in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
- marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- horrific: Terrifying and shocking
- hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- airborne: Being in the air
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- coat: Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
- hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- surf: To view webpages on the internet
- publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
- dehydrate: To cause (skin, body) to lose water that is needed
- retrospect: A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
- prince: Person's name
- otter: Aquatic, carnivorous mammal of the weasel family
- oil: A liquid used for frying foods
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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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