Vocabulary
- in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
- as you like: In any way that you want; according to your preference.
- off we go: An expression used to indicate the start of a journey or activity.
- obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- leave: To go away from; depart
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- twist: To turn something in a circular direction
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- storm: To act violently or angrily
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- marvelous: Extraordinarily good or great
- gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- great: Very good; better than before
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- convict: Person in prison
- burn: To destroy with fire
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- servant: Person paid to clean, cook, etc. in another's home
- dodge: To attempt to avoid something
- powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
- earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
- rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
- penny: Person's name
- female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
- history: Established pattern or record
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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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