Vocabulary
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
- consider: To think carefully about something
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- circumstance: Condition or fact that affects a situation
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- concern: To be about a particular topic
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
- innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
- disgusting: Having a very bad taste
- due: When something is required or expected
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
- outright: In a complete manner; totally
- flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
- leave: To go away from; depart
- violence: Strong physical force of nature
- spill: Accident when someone falls
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- burn: To destroy with fire
- overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
- plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
- engulf: To completely surround and enclose
- northern: In or toward the north
- peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
- mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
- gravely: In a serious and solemn manner
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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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Homes set on fire in Belfast night of violence after knife attack | BBC News
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林宜悉 posted on 2026/06/10Discover the shocking events in Belfast where homes and vehicles were set ablaze after a violent night following a knife attack. This report details how families were forced to flee their homes and highlights the strong condemnation from authorities, using phrases like 'outright thuggery' to describe the unacceptable violence.
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