Vocabulary
- up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
- tempt fate: To do something risky that might cause bad results.
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
- utter: To make a particular sound; speak
- proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- master: To gain control over something
- staff: Employees of a company
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- stripe: Strip of alternating color in straight lines
- tempt: To make someone want something, even if it's bad
- suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
- shut: To stop being open for business
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
- great: Very good; better than before
- vent: To express anger or grievance loudly/with feeling
- bolt: Line of electricity in the sky from lightning
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- robe: Long loose piece of clothing denoting high rank
- crotch: Area between your legs where they join your body
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
- gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
- wet: Concerning a bar that serves or sells alcohol
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- kin: People to whom a person is related
- safe: Highly likely
- brainy: Having unusual and impressive intelligence
- airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
- bra: Woman’s undergarment worn to support the breasts
- lumbar: Of the part of back between ribs and hipbones
- blackness: Darkness
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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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