Vocabulary
- forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
- pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
- in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
- behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
- turn into: To change to become something else
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- awkward: Lacking smooth movement
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- repetition: When something occurs again
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
- mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
- absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
- momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
- motivational: Concerning motivation
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- toddler: Young child learning to walk
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- effortlessly: In a manner that requires little or no work
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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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