Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- want in: To desire to participate or be included in something.
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- tough questions: Difficult or challenging questions that require careful consideration and honest answers.
- kid around: To joke or behave playfully without seriousness.
- run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
- call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
- on a string: To be under someone's control or influence.
- other than: Except for; apart from.
- front and back: On both the front and rear surfaces.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- walk back: To retract or reverse a previous statement or position.
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- action movie: A film genre featuring exciting and often violent scenes.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
- assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
- consent: To agree or give approval to do something
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- feast: Religious celebration
- fold: To bend one part of something against another
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
- bend: To become curved or no longer straight
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- stationery: Paper for writing letters
- penetrate: To enter or pass through something
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- great: Very good; better than before
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
- poultry: Birds such as chickens, ducks, geese etc.
- bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- chick: A baby bird
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- questionnaire: Form used to get information from many people
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
- garner: To gather together important facts, awards, etc.
- psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
- lavender: Plant with pale purple flowers, giving scented oil
- parental: Concerning, or provided by, a parent
- smell: To have a particular odor
- puppy: Very young dog (and some other animals)
- cheddar: A type of cheese
- wick: Thread in center of candle that is lit and burns
- grassy: Covered with or having a lot of grass
- weaver: Person who makes cloth by weaving
- limo: Luxurious long automobile
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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
A2 Elementary
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