Vocabulary
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
- silent: Without making any noise; soundless
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- mad: Very angry
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- happen: To take place or occur
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- punish: To make someone suffer for doing something wrong
- witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
- warn: To tell someone about possible danger
- misunderstand: To fail to get the meaning correctly
- gold: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
- frog: Small hopping amphibian
- golly: Interjection showing surprise; gosh; goodness me
- heath: Area of land that is poor for growing plants
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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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VT Jeff posted on 2026/05/31Ever wondered what happens when you can't stop turning the pages of a book? This hilarious read-aloud of 'Do Not Open This Book!' will have you laughing out loud as the narrator desperately tries to convince you to stop! You'll have a blast following along with this interactive story and picking up some fun, persuasive language along the way.
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