Vocabulary
- of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- get soaked: To become completely wet; drenched.
- aside from
- at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- off of: From a position on something; down from.
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- interfere: To get involved in something not your business
- crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
- fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- military: Army or armed forces
- political: Being active or interested in government matters
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
- counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
- insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
- appalling: Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
- soak: To make something completely wet
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
- faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
- enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
- person: Man, woman or child
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
- mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
- tampon: Pad inserted in the vagina by menstruating women
- machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- maniac: Violent, mentally ill person
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
- asshole: Insulting term for stupid or irritating people
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
- ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
- masturbation: Stimulation of the genitals for sexual pleasure
- governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
- chairman: A man in charge of a meeting
- globalization: International spread of something, e.g. company
- paddy: Field in which rice is grown
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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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