Vocabulary
- calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
- call about: To phone someone for a particular reason
- without a trace: Leaving no sign or evidence of having been present.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- dump: To end a romantic relationship
- alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
- leave: To go away from; depart
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
- trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
- heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
- business: A company formed for making profit
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- mysteriously: In a confusing or difficult to understand way
- vanish: To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- magazine: Part of a gun used for holding bullet
- shower: Device producing falling water for cleaning
- cryptic: Mysterious in meaning; not speaking directly
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
- officer: Person of high position in an organization
- tinder: Material for starting a fire
- hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- weekend: Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
- gun: To suddenly make an engine run faster
- download: To transfer data from a computer or the internet
- romantically: As part of a romance; as boyfriend/girlfriend
- babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
- poof: A footstool to rest your feet on
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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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