Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- work out
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- compliment: Remark saying someone looks nice, plays well, etc.
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- current: Electricity flowing through wires
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
- series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
- syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- important: Having power or authority
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- intrusive: Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- replace: To use instead of something else
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- person: Man, woman or child
- part: Division of a book
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- add: To include as well
- correspondence: Quality of similarity or equality
- passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
- sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- voiceless: Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
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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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