Vocabulary
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- take out: To apply for and get a license
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- off the grid: Not depending on public utilities, especially the supply of electricity.
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
- last person: The individual who is the final one in a sequence or group.
- going on: To continue doing something
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- got to: To arrive at some place
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
- pin back: To hold back or restrain someone or something.
- old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
- dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
- on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
- on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- by default: Automatically, unless the user specifies otherwise.
- at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
- stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- scoop up: To gather or pick up something with a scoop or similar tool.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- passed by: Went past someone or something.
- breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- down with: Suffering from an illness.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- have a cow: To become very upset or angry.
- knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
- internet access: The ability to connect to the internet.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
- go on: To continue doing something
- strike up: To begin a friendship, relationship, or conversation.
- step out: To go outside for a short time
- look back: To think about past events
- of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- in circles: Moving or going around and around; not progressing.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- incredible: Very good; amazing
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- huge: Very very large
- section: A part of a whole
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- hospitality: Welcoming treatment of visitors or guests
- plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
- surround: To be all the way around something
- tribe: Racial group united by language, religion, customs
- bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
- independence: Having the freedom to make your own decisions
- part: Division of a book
- alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
- village: Small town in the country
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- cactus: Fleshy spiky plant that grows in hot, dry areas
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- graveyard: Area used for burials; area with many graves
- hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
- manually: By hand (not machine)
- tribal: Concerning or about a tribe
- spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
- christianity: Beliefs, practices based on teachings of Jesus
- gelato: Italian ice cream
- peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
- visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
- camel: Large desert animal with a long neck and hump(s)
- whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- chai: A type of (indian) tea, made with spices
- airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
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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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