Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- have to: Must do
- root for: To support a sports team
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
- storm brewing: A situation where trouble or conflict is developing.
- suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
- hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- of all time: The best or most significant in history.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- check out
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- atmosphere: Air around us
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
- conference: Series of lectures held as an event
- vibe: Distinct emotional aura experienced instinctively
- endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
- dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
- blast: To attack someone with words
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- brew: A beer; a drink of beer
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- storm: To act violently or angrily
- education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- purse: Small bag for carrying money and other things
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- great: Very good; better than before
- ingenious: Very good at making things or solving problems
- chilly: Slightly cold
- jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
- overcast: (Sky) being covered by clouds
- promo: Shortened form of 'promotion' (advertising)
- marina: Person's name
- uncomfortably: So that you feel slightly anxious or not contented
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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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