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- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
- series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
- drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
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- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- leave: To go away from; depart
- legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- bush: A wooden plant that is smaller than a tree
- offshore: (Of tax avoidance schemes) not in your country
- grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
- history: Established pattern or record
- hill: High land not as high as a mountain
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- need: To be unable to manage without something; require
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- pen: Small fenced area where people or animals are kept
- job: Something that must be done
- baseball: Small ball used in the game of baseball
- opener: Device for opening things e.g. a bottle
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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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