Vocabulary
- screw up: Spoken to make a big mistake
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
- disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- attach: To be associated or connected with
- hip: The upper part of Leg
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- union: Act of joining two or more things into one
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
- long: Person's name
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- kid: Child or young person
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- camp: A (military) base
- diary: Book in which you write what you did each day
- lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
- hurry: To move, act, get somewhere, do something quickly
- bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
- excite: To make something or someone become more active
- wimpy: Weak and ineffectual
- weekend: Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
- cocoa: Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
- nah: Way of saying 'No'
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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
A2 Elementary
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