Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- drop into: To visit someone or some place casually and often briefly.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- in a word: Briefly; in short.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- end in: To have something as the final result.
- good person: A morally upright and kind individual.
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- repetition: When something occurs again
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
- aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
- section: A part of a whole
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- silent: Without making any noise; soundless
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
- draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
- consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
- alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
- symbol: Image that means or represents something
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- quaint: Appealing and attractive in an outdated way
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
- arrow: Symbol used on road signs to show direction
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
- repeat: Action that is done again
- forgive: To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
- error: Something that is not correct; a mistake
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- prefix: Part of a word added to the front, e.g. UNhappy
- swat: To hit, slap, or smack, e.g. so as to kill a fly
- ballet: Form of theater telling a story in music and dance
- online: Connected to the internet
- downloadable: That can be transferred, usually from the internet
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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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