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- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- at least: As a minimum
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
- incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
- district: Area of a country, city, or town
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- public: Owned by the government
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- exterior: Outside layer or surface
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- part: Division of a book
- renovation: Act of repairing or rebuilding a house, room, etc.
- residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
- ownership: State of having a legal right to possess something
- live: To be alive
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
- report: Account of the necessary facts and information
- injure: To do (usually physical) harm or damage to
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- eastern: Being in the area to the east
- broadcaster: Someone who broadcasts on radio or television
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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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