Vocabulary
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- go on: To continue doing something
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- next to: Being located along side another
- without me: Not including me; excluding me.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
- profile: To write a short description of a person or group
- couple: To join something to something else
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
- respond: To answer something or someone
- fit: Good looking; physically attractive
- vaguely: In a vague way; not fully
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- point: An item to be discussed
- offend: To break a rule or do something wrong
- person: Man, woman or child
- offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- adventurous: Not being afraid of dangerous situations
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- lineage: People in someone's family who lived in the past
- hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
- awkwardly: With a lack of smooth movement
- overheard: To happen to hear something not meant for you
- weekend: Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
- sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
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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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