Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- have to: Must do
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- off to the races: Starting an activity or process quickly and with enthusiasm.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
- on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
- turn on
- got to: To arrive at some place
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- little bit crazy: Slightly mad or eccentric; somewhat irrational.
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- act: To behave in a certain way
- schedule: A list of events and their times
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- attendant: Someone who helps at a gas station, theater etc.
- bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
- fix: Answer to a problem
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- coaster: Mat placed under a glass to protect furniture
- measurement: Size or amount of something or someone
- crook: A criminal or thief; dishonest person
- carton: Cardboard, plastic container for food, drink etc.
- smell: To have a particular odor
- rink: A ice playing area for ice hockey or curling
- skate: Flat sea fish
- eyesight: Normal use of the faculty of vision
- marker: Something that is easy to recognize or identify
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- airplane: A machine that flies through the air
- grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
- someplace: In or at or to some place
- whoo: Sound people make when they are surprised
- hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
- gran: Your mother or father's mother
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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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