Vocabulary
- at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
- asleep at the wheel: Failing to pay proper attention or be responsible.
- at the wheel: In control of driving a vehicle.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- down the road: At a future time; in the future.
- watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
- random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
- military: Army or armed forces
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
- subconscious: Occurring in the mind without direct thinking
- steer: A cow
- rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
- drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- recruit: Person who has just joined the military
- collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- smash: Accident involving vehicles
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- horrific: Terrifying and shocking
- awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- person: Man, woman or child
- graduate: Concerning a Masters or Ph.D. university courses
- wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
- bolt: Line of electricity in the sky from lightning
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
- headline: To be the main performer at a show
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- recruiter: Official who enlists personnel for the military
- nickname: Name given by friends or family
- breakfast: First meal of the day
- froze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
- highway: Main road connecting places
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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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