Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
- have to: Must do
- pull over: To bring a vehicle to a stop by side of the road
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
- got to: To arrive at some place
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- together with: In addition to; along with.
- turn into: To change to become something else
- pass up: To reject an offer or suggestion
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- look back: To think about past events
- in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
- feed on: To eat a particular food.
- grow into: To be able to wear clothes that were too big
- come clean: To confess fully; to admit wrongdoing.
- under the covers: Lying in bed, usually covered by bedclothes.
- switch on: To put something electrical on or off
- by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
- paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
- nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
- guilt: Shame at doing something bad or wrong
- assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
- remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
- skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- brutally: In a very violent or mean way
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
- cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
- hallucination: Seeing things that are not there, as from drug use
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- slimy: With or resembling slime; disgustingly thick
- theater: Place where plays or movies are seen
- entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
- carnival: Traveling amusement show with rides and sideshows
- weapon: An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
- subterranean: Living or situated below the surface of the earth
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- sewer: Underground pipe that removes water and waste
- bug: To bother someone
- overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- enlighten: To cause someone to understand
- location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
- answer: To reply to a question someone asks
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- wagon: Four wheel vehicle used to transport things
- flashback: Showing an earlier event in a film, book etc.
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- mutant: Organism derived from a change in genes
- warn: To tell someone about possible danger
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
- supernatural: Being unable to be explained by natural causes
- lair: Place where wild animals or criminals can hide
- optometrist: Person skilled in testing for defects of vision
- slingshot: Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
- lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers
- rabbi: Jewish religious teacher
- supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
- bedside: (Of bed) by the side of a bed
- juniper: Evergreen tree with tiny, berry-like fruits
- teddy: A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear
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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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