Vocabulary
- make certain: To ensure or ascertain something.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- prior to: Before a particular time or event.
- next to: Being located along side another
- turn on
- turn off
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
- abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- primary: Most important, most basic or essential
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
- soak: To make something completely wet
- fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
- fit: Good looking; physically attractive
- chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
- ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- fold: To bend one part of something against another
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
- additional: Further or added
- tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
- sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- rinse: To wash off small amounts of dirt, soap suds, etc.
- obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
- membrane: Outside covering of a cell
- piece: A counter in a board game
- fill: To make something full
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
- stain: A mark or unwanted spot / thing
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- discard: To take a card out of your hand in a card game
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
- pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- unit: One apartment in a building
- gel: Thick substance, similar to jelly
- buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
- lever: A handle that one pulls to operate a machine
- clamp: Something used to fasten two things together
- blot: To remove a spot by putting absorbent material on
- pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
- substrate: A substance which a catalyst has an effect on
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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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