Vocabulary
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
- cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
- decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- ambassador: Official representing a country in another country
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- recommendation: Act of suggesting something as a good choice
- minister: An official who heads a government department
- predecessor: Something that comes before another in a series
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
- vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
- united: To join or come together for the same goal
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- kingdom: Category of the natural world
- deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
- stagger: To greatly surprise someone
- pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
- appoint: To officially choose a person for a job, position
- clearance: A sale at a store to get rid of excess items
- speaker: Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
- office: Room or building used for business
- evening: To make something level; to flatten
- sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
- peter: Disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
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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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Starmer apologizes for appointing Mandelson as U.S. ambassador
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