Vocabulary
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
- decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
- approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- exotic: Being very different or unusual
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- brutal: Extremely violent or mean
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- sensory: Referring to the physical senses
- roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
- spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- defect: Fault in someone or something
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- important: Having power or authority
- rinse: To wash off small amounts of dirt, soap suds, etc.
- smack: To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
- crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- choke: To cause someone not to breathe
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
- slurp: To drink noisily
- knack: Ability or talent to do something
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- origin: Point at which something begins or is created
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- shoulder: Part of the body where an arm attaches or joins
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- benchmark: Standard by which other similar things are judged
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
- come: To arrive at a place
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- downtown: Located in the business part of a town
- price: Person's name
- rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
- hiatus: Pause in activity when nothing happens
- cocoa: Brown powder from a large bean, used for chocolate
- roaster: Harsh or humorous critic
- martini: Cocktail made with gin and vermouth
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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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