Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- start on: To begin or start doing something.
- add on: To attach or include something extra.
- high school senior: A student in their final year of high school (12th grade).
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- alternative: Something different you can choose
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
- sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- admission: Act of allowing someone to enter
- paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- stressful: Worrying; causing tension
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
- carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
- ceremony: Special social or religious event
- piece: A counter in a board game
- campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
- neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- paranoia: Disorder in which you fear people want to harm you
- comfy: In a position that feels just right
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- puppet: Person or group that is controlled by another
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
- bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
- ceremonial: Occurring, worn as part of a ceremony
- encore: Additional performance demanded by the audience
- debacle: Sudden ruin or defeat; downfall; a total failure
- grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
- grandson: Your son or daughter's son
- grandma: Mother of your father or mother
- grandpa: Your mother or father's father
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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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