Vocabulary
- play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
- on the slide: In a state of decline or deterioration.
- stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- down with: Suffering from an illness.
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- silly: Careless
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
- steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- swing: Movement in a curved motion
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- tummy: Stomach or belly
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- gently: In a mild, careful, and soft manner
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- castle: Large defensive building in historical times
- anymore: No longer; no more
- scare: To become frightened
- playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
- worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
- push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
- funny: Causing laughter; amusing
- help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- pony: Small young horse
- sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- tyre: Rubber rings around wheels on cars and trucks
- rabbit: Type of small animal with long ears and four legs
- meow: Cry like a cat
- candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
- neigh: To make a characteristic sound of a horse
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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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