Vocabulary
- authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
- perceive: To notice or become aware of something
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
- suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- blow: To move something using air
- couple: To join something to something else
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- petty: Small and unimportant; small-minded
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- great: Very good; better than before
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- quit: To leave a job
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- person: Man, woman or child
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- craze: Popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.
- angst: Often worried or unhappy, especially about personal problems
- network: Group of computers connected to each other
- fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- junction: Place where streets, highways, or roads meet
- widow: Woman whose husband has died
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
- petticoat: Woman's underskirt worn under a dress or skirt
- lolly: Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- mama: A mother
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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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