Vocabulary
- in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
- throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
- at a glance: Immediately; instantly upon looking.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- put away: To put things in a closet, etc.; tidy up
- above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
- from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
- precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- shed: Small building used for storage
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- lame: Having a damaged leg/foot making walking painful
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- glance: Quick or temporary look at
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
- delusion: False belief despite evidence to the contrary
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- leave: To go away from; depart
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- smash: Accident involving vehicles
- bend: To become curved or no longer straight
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- act: To behave in a certain way
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
- defend: To protect and explain your position in court
- mellow: Being completely relaxed and calm
- blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
- closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- paradise: Place with everything needed for specific activity
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- puppet: Person or group that is controlled by another
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- avert: To prevent something negative from happening
- sly: Cleverly hiding the true purpose
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- worthless: Being of no value; without positive aspects
- invert: To turn the order of things backwards
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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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