Vocabulary
- at school: Present and attending school.
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- english speaker: A person who speaks English.
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- go with the flow: To accept and adapt to events without resistance.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
- forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- check out
- in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- positive: Showing agreement or support for something
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
- invisible: Being unable to be seen
- patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- plural: Being more than one person or thing
- academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- altogether: All things considered
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
- singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- mad: Very angry
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- naturally: In the expected or usual way
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- trust: To expect confidently
- ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
- shadow: To cover something with shade
- unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- picnic: Meal that is eaten outdoors, sitting on the ground
- whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
- snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
- scissor: To cut with or as if with scissors
- auntie: A nickname for your aunt
- bee: Gathering to perform activities and tasks together
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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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