Vocabulary
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
- try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
- on to: Toward something; forward
- at random
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- slightly: Only a little
- imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- blow: To move something using air
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- leave: To go away from; depart
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- reduction: Act of making something smaller
- master: To gain control over something
- important: Having power or authority
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- row: To move a boat using oars
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- great: Very good; better than before
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
- scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
- melody: Song; music
- opera: A type of play that is sung with classical music
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- mini: Small British car
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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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