Vocabulary
- pass from: To be transferred or transmitted from one person or thing to another.
- fight out: Engage in a fight until it fully ends or a conclusion is reached.
- play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
- ball up: To crumple something into a ball shape.
- across the board: Broad in scope or content
- in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
- to God: Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
- thankful to: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
- bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
- square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
- sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
- determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- ecstatic: Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
- point: An item to be discussed
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- penetrate: To enter or pass through something
- sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
- shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
- petrol: Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
- rank: To rate or class things
- perimeter: Outline or border; outer edge
- thunder: Loud sound
- defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
- keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
- penetration: Act of entering into or through something
- shepherd: Person's name
- repertoire: Variety of things (e.g. operas/skills) you can do
- ovation: Loud and long clapping from an audience
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- call: A order or request for action
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- hoop: Round or circular shape or object
- nick: Person's name
- zigzag: One of a series of short sharp turns or angles
- crossover: The use of a new style (especially in pop music)
- oop: Sound people make when they make a mistake
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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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