Vocabulary
- face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
- in broad daylight: Openly and brazenly, especially during the day when it is easily visible.
- out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
- confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- seek: To ask someone for help
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- broad: General; not detailed
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- surrounding: To be all the way around something
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- grizzly: Grayish
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- relentlessly: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
- ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
- beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- happen: To take place or occur
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- dead: Not alive
- neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
- wildlife: All wild animals
- overpower: To control or defeat something or someone by force
- scooter: Light motorcycle, usually with small wheels
- showdown: Game or contest where final result will be decided
- super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
- daylight: Light of the sun during the day
- hardy: Able to survive cold weather, hard times
- spook: To scare; frighten
- superhero: Fictional character who fights evil
- outdoors: Outside a building; in the open air
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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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7-Year-Old Encounters Massive Bear While Riding Scooter
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Goro Yoshida posted on 2026/06/03Talk about a close call! You won't believe how a 7-year-old boy stayed so calm when a massive bear approached him while he was riding his scooter. This incredible story highlights how to react in a high-pressure situation and features some fantastic vocabulary for staying cool under pressure!
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