Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
- swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- dawn: First light of day
- tale: Story that is not true
- damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- tick: To function properly or normally
- harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- vacant: Having no fixtures, furniture, or inhabitants
- cork: The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- date: To have become old-fashioned
- chat: To talk in a friendly and relaxed manner
- lad: A boy or young man; any man
- educate: To teach someone in a school or college
- rundown: (Of building) old and in poor condition
- body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
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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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