Vocabulary
- duck out: To leave a place or situation quickly and often without being noticed.
- go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
- rabbit on: To talk continuously and annoyingly.
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- wolf down: To eat something very quickly and greedily.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- fishing for: Currently trying to get attention or praise from other people.
- chicken out: To decide not to take a risky action
- have to: Must do
- rat on: To inform or report someone as guilty or doing something wrong.
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- check out
- much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
- monkey around: To behave in a silly or playful way; fool around.
- back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- pig out: To eat a large amount of food, often quickly and greedily.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- black and white
- in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
- experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- got to: To arrive at some place
- of means: Having resources or wealth available for use.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- compliment: Remark saying someone looks nice, plays well, etc.
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- inevitably: (Happening) with complete certainty
- insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
- annoying: To make someone angry
- definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
- authority: The power to give orders to people
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- advance: Forward movement by an army
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- sneaky: Deceptive and underhand
- flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
- leave: To go away from; depart
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
- phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- gather: To bring objects together into one place
- preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- purse: Small bag for carrying money and other things
- squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
- event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- oyster: An edible marine mollusk
- bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- fix: Answer to a problem
- worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- clam: Kind of shellfish
- shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
- kid: Child or young person
- witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
- duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
- rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
- backpack: Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- fright: Strong and sudden fear
- nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
- suede: Leather with a soft brushed surface
- wolf: A dog-like wild animal
- plumb: Precisely or exactly
- pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
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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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