Vocabulary
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- spare: To make (money or time) available for
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- altitude: Height of something above sea level
- leave: To go away from; depart
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
- trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
- detour: Indirect route to avoid something, as an accident
- great: Very good; better than before
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
- tangy: With a sharp, slightly sour taste
- applicant: Someone formally expressing interest e.g. in a job
- gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
- patchy: Happening or existing irregularly
- karaoke: Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack
- airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
- paella: Saffron-flavored dish of rice/shellfish/chicken
- spook: To scare; frighten
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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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