Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- on sale: Available at a reduced price
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- build a house: To construct a building for habitation.
- on the market: Available for sale.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
- deal with
- go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
- ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- component: One of the parts that something is made up of
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
- gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
- drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- require: To demand that someone does something
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
- seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
- connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
- commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
- architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
- reduction: Act of making something smaller
- twist: To turn something in a circular direction
- alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
- maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
- copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
- liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
- groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
- hub: Center of action or interest
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- piece: A counter in a board game
- mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
- solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
- hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
- offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
- electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
- slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
- part: Division of a book
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- diameter: Distance across the center of an object
- transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
- swivel: Device joining two parts which can pivot freely
- sewer: Underground pipe that removes water and waste
- disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
- rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- owl: Bird with large eyes that hunts at night
- fella: Way of spelling 'fellows'
- sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
- sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
- torque: Turning or twisting force
- plumb: Precisely or exactly
- horsepower: Unit of power of car engine, etc.
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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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