Vocabulary
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- at the ready: Fully prepared and available for immediate use.
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
- have to: Must do
- on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
- on foot
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- do without: To manage without having or doing something
- at school: Present and attending school.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- on time
- in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
- miss out: To exclude; not include in something
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
- keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- ethic: Set of moral principles; rules of behavior
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- click: To work well with someone or something
- plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
- route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
- pedestrian: Unremarkable; ordinary; not special
- leave: To go away from; depart
- commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
- gaze: Direction you are looking
- drowsy: Ready to fall asleep; sleepy
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- diligent: Showing care, continued effort and hard work
- automatic: Done without conscious thought
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
- blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
- detour: Indirect route to avoid something, as an accident
- scenery: Stage props during a play; a country view
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- great: Very good; better than before
- medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- frown: When you pull your eyebrows together to show anger
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- proficient: Being very skilled at something; being expert at
- synonym: Word that has the same meaning as another word
- link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
- pro: Reason given in support of something
- wink: To quickly close one eye, as when making a signal
- leisurely: Not hurried or forced
- commuter: Someone who travels regularly from home to work
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- hum: To make a constant low sound
- sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
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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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