Vocabulary
- insane: Mentally ill; crazy
- plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- leave: To go away from; depart
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- quarter: 25 cents
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- block: Solid piece of material used for building
- pure: Not mixed with anything else
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- motion: Suggestion at a meeting
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- burrow: Hole in the ground dug by an animal for protection
- bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
- kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- sack: To put something in a large bag
- score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
- load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- deep: Complex and important
- intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- ward: Person's name
- return: To hit something back to the other player or team
- rookie: New to doing something; beginner
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- swift: Quick
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- come: To arrive at a place
- arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
- unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
- whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
- sideline: To make someone less important, or irrelevant
- touchdown: Getting ball over touch line in American football
- blitz: To suddenly and aggressively attack
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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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