Vocabulary
- in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
- best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
- the following: Next in order or sequence.
- in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
- make no difference: To have no effect or importance.
- stage name: A name used by a performer instead of their real name.
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- sentenced to life: To be given a punishment of imprisonment for the rest of one's life.
- feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
- for show: Done only to impress others, not for real use.
- next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
- on behalf of: As the representative of someone
- on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
- set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
- as such: Something previously stated or understood
- as for: Concerning; regarding.
- some time ago: At a point in the past; not recently.
- sit down: To take a seat
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- in the post: Sent by mail or postal service.
- turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
- better known as: More widely or commonly recognized by a particular name or description.
- in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
- switch on: To put something electrical on or off
- in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- couple: To join something to something else
- infamous: Famous because of something bad
- divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
- request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- allegedly: According to what has been alleged
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- assign: To give someone a particular job to do
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- ceremony: Special social or religious event
- execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
- false: Not real or genuine
- testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
- millionaire: Person with 1,000,000 dollars, euros etc. or more
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
- behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
- convict: Person in prison
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- parole: Conditional release of a prisoner
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- knot: Secure form of tying a rope, string etc.
- serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
- stalker: Someone obsessively following/watching a person
- involvement: Act or process of joining in a particular activity
- visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
- shortly: Quickly; soon; in a moment
- carol: Traditional song sung at Christmas
- ray: Person's name
- courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
- hillside: Side or slope of a hill
- sandy: Person's name
- oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
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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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