Vocabulary
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- have to: Must do
- on to: Toward something; forward
- on sight: Immediately upon seeing or detecting something.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- at first sight: Immediately on seeing someone or something for the first time; based on a first impression.
- walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
- pull yourself together: To calm down and regain control of your emotions
- up a tree: In a difficult or troublesome situation.
- fall for: To be deceived or tricked by someone
- at least: As a minimum
- watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
- in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
- territory: Area of land defended by an animal
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- concern: To be about a particular topic
- behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
- distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- profile: To write a short description of a person or group
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
- retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- defense: Argument in support of something
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- act: To behave in a certain way
- hump: Rounded mass, like that on the back of a camel
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- fur: Hairy coat of an animal
- fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
- facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- grizzly: Grayish
- polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
- intimidation: Being made to feel afraid or timid, as by threats
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- firearm: Small weapon that you fire
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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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