Vocabulary
- on the money: Exactly correct or precise.
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- act: To behave in a certain way
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- fix: Answer to a problem
- prohibit: To make something impossible
- noun: The subject or object of a sentence
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- gerund: Noun formed from a verb (such as the '-ing' form)
- ask: To say to someone that you want something
- talk: Style of speaking
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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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