Vocabulary
- start on: To begin or start doing something.
- see to: To attend to; take care of
- prey on: To victimize or exploit someone, especially someone vulnerable.
- taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
- prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
- diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- fault: A failure or negative aspect of
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
- marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
- trust: To expect confidently
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- village: Small town in the country
- remotely: In a remote way
- outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
- anymore: No longer; no more
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- relocate: To move to a new or different place
- sully: To make dirty; soil or tarnish
- babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
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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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