Vocabulary
- odds and ends: Various items too small or unimportant to be worth itemizing.
- have to: Must do
- by leaps and bounds: Very quickly and significantly, showing rapid progress.
- by no means: Certainly not; in no way.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- on to: Toward something; forward
- stand with: To support or defend someone or something.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- order in: To request food from a restaurant to be delivered to one's home or other location.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- part: Division of a book
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- foremost: Being the best or most important
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
- wine: Dark red color
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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
A2 Elementary
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