Vocabulary
- stay up: To not go to bed until late
- mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
- stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
- close out: To sell off or eliminate remaining items or inventory, often at discounted prices.
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
- doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- leave: To go away from; depart
- plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- duty: Work required by your job or position
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- affirmation: Statement that something is true
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- central: Being in the middle
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- medal: Metal award, often round, usually for courage
- fix: Answer to a problem
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
- pee: To urinate
- anymore: No longer; no more
- sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
- hero: Person of great courage/strength who saves others
- ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
- mama: A mother
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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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