Vocabulary
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- crush on: To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
- come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
- get here: To arrive at a specific location.
- run away with: To go away with someone, e.g. for secret marriage
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- hit on: To discover an idea, etc. by chance
- of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
- keep away from: To avoid someone or something; to maintain a distance.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- no go: A failure; something that does not proceed as planned.
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
- dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
- damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
- bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
- lounge: Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
- audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
- couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
- draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
- alternate: To follow one thing after another repeatedly
- flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- frown: When you pull your eyebrows together to show anger
- velvet: Type of smooth cloth which is soft to the touch
- trust: To expect confidently
- award: To give a prize for doing something well
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- evil: Act considered morally bad
- rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
- marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- bastard: Someone whose parents were not married
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- shiver: Act of shaking from fear or cold
- spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- poem: A written composition in verse, not prose
- anymore: No longer; no more
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- musical: Having a pleasant sound like music
- true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
- ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
- drake: Male duck
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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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