Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- sit out: To refrain from participating in something.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- on to: Toward something; forward
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- more than once: On more than one occasion; repeatedly.
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- go on: To continue doing something
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- chill out: To relax and stop being angry or nervous about something.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- off camera: Not being filmed or recorded.
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- deal with
- in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
- bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
- go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
- on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- dry out: To remove moisture from something; to become completely dry.
- in the refrigerator: Located inside a refrigerator to preserve or chill.
- for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
- beat up: To hurt someone badly by hitting and punching
- pot out: To transplant seedlings into pots.
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- sour on: To lose liking or favor towards something or someone.
- on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
- check out
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
- flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
- counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
- fold: To bend one part of something against another
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- quarter: 25 cents
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- fermentation: Chemical change that produces alcohol in a liquid
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
- temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
- chewy: (Of food) needing a lot of chewing; tough
- sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- yeast: A single-celled fungi used to make bread and beer
- gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- pot: Container designed to hold or store something
- sprinkle: To throw a little water on something
- lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- spatula: Hand tool used to mix or spread soft substances
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
- flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
- bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- loaf: Large piece of bread baked as a whole
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- add: To include as well
- chlorine: Greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell
- crusty: Having a hardened crust as a covering
- scorch: To dry up from the power of the sun
- scoot: To move away quickly often as an escape
- parchment: Strong, tough paper
- shaggy: Covered with long, coarse, or matted hair
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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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