Vocabulary
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- tummy: Stomach or belly
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- ill: Not well or sick
- close: Almost; near
- ball: Large dance where people dress formally
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- scare: To become frightened
- shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
- hiccup: A spasm of the diaphragm emitting a sharp sound
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- love: Person's name
- garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
- breakfast: First meal of the day
- juice: Liquids (often squeezed from vegetables, fruit)
- piggy: Childish name for pig
- sunny: Feeling or being cheerful, happy, and friendly
- pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
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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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