Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- at school: Present and attending school.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- in charge: To be responsible for
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- intended use: The purpose for which something is designed or meant to be used.
- in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- delicate: Easily broken or damaged
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- emphasize: To stress the items that are important
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- intention: Aim or purpose
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
- degree: Amount or extent of something
- gesture: Bodily movement expressing a particular meaning
- topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
- discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
- intend: To plan or want to do something
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- important: Having power or authority
- phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- unpleasant: Causing a bad feeling in people
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
- rank: To rate or class things
- cricket: Sport played by two teams hitting a ball with bats
- uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
- puppy: Very young dog (and some other animals)
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
- sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- microphone: Device you speak in to record or amplify sounds
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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
A2 Elementary
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