Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
- go away: To go on vacation
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- before dark: At or prior to the time when it gets dark outside.
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- up the hill: In an upward direction on a slope or hill.
- in the bucket: Situated or contained inside a bucket.
- run along: To go away; leave (often in commands)
- up the spout: In a bad situation or ruined; failed.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- walk down: To walk along or down something.
- back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
- at least: As a minimum
- sit down: To take a seat
- on to: Toward something; forward
- go on: To continue doing something
- go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
- wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
- get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
- going on: To continue doing something
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- close call: A situation in which something bad almost happens; a narrow escape.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
- way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- silly: Careless
- home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- dark: Of a color that is not light
- animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
- hill: High land not as high as a mountain
- nose: Part of the face used for breathing and smelling
- zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
- sing: To make musical sounds with your voice
- hurry: To move, act, get somewhere, do something quickly
- la: The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
- spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
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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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