Vocabulary
- in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- give it up: To stop trying to do something
- thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- switch: A change or shift from one method to another
- sanitation: Water systems that protect people's health
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- invention: Something new that is different from other things
- buddy: Friend, usually male
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- pure: Not mixed with anything else
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
- poop: Feces
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
- miraculous: Wonderful; extraordinary
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
- gamble: To play games to win money
- expensive: Costing a lot of money
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- processor: A machine that to makes something ready for use
- unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
- yah: Another way of saying 'yes'
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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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