Vocabulary
- call in: To ask others for help when in need
- close ranks: To unite or come together in support or defense.
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
- drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
- parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
- sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
- leave: To go away from; depart
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
- rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
- flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- area: Amount of measured space
- exit: A door that you go through to leave a place
- fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
- tent: Portable cloth shelter used outdoors for camping
- arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
- close: Almost; near
- hut: Small and simple building
- call: A order or request for action
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
- send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
- misuse: To treat a person or thing badly
- flank: Middle area on the side of an animal
- ready: Being likely or about to do something
- haste: Quickness; speed; hurry
- ma: Familiar way to address your 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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