Vocabulary
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- up top: In or at the highest position or location.
- in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- drive back: To force someone or something to retreat or move backward.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- set up
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
- check on: To check that things are OK, correct
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- at least: As a minimum
- get here: To arrive at a specific location.
- move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
- play out: To use up or exhaust
- have to: Must do
- in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- prioritize: To rank things in importance
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
- concern: To be about a particular topic
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
- argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
- abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
- vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
- leave: To go away from; depart
- violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
- crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- pristine: Being in a natural and undamaged state
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
- aggressively: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- dispatch: To send (people or objects) somewhere
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- upcoming: Occurring soon; approaching
- freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
- upstairs: On a floor above
- notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
- nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
- phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
- sauna: Room in which hot steam is used to clean the body
- paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
- decease: To die
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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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