Vocabulary
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
- get to the bottom of: To find the true cause or explanation of something.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- regulate: To control something with rules or laws
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
- thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
- inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- exhale: To breathe out the air or smoke in your lungs
- trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- restore: To return a thing to its original condition
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- tactile: Concerning touch; enjoys touching
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- great: Very good; better than before
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- agitate: To disturb or excite emotionally
- swoop: To sweep through the air; to dive suddenly
- sphere: Area of interest or activity
- mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
- inhalation: Act of breathing
- pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
- exhalation: Act of expelling air from the lungs
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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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