Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
- play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
- in bloom: Having flowers; flowering.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
- use up: To use all of; consume
- those times: A period in the past, often remembered fondly.
- heading to: Going in a particular direction.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- things change: Circumstances or situations do not remain constant; they evolve or transform over time.
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
- crave: To have a very strong desire for something
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
- shed: Small building used for storage
- sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
- despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
- pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- eternal: Endless; constant; never ending
- foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
- depict: To represent or describe something using words
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- tease: To purposefully bother an animal
- recite: To speak aloud a passage from memory
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- eternity: A very long time; forever
- silent: Without making any noise; soundless
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- hysterical: Being out of control mentally; violently emotional
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- mad: Very angry
- insignificant: Being very small or unimportant
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
- bliss: Great joy or happiness
- fleet: Group of ships under one commander
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
- marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- consolation: Something that gives you a better feeling when sad
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- priest: Person who can perform ceremonies in a religion
- ecstasy: State of overwhelming happiness; joy
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
- bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
- maiden: Being the earliest or first
- desolate: To destroy a place
- forest: Large area with many trees
- altar: Area in a church where the priests preaches from
- pant: Short, loud breath, taken with the mouth open
- grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
- thou: An old-fashioned word for you
- thy: An old-fashioned word for your
- urn: Vase of varying size and shape
- adieu: A farewell remark; goodbye
- stanza: Division of a poem; verse
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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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