Vocabulary
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- sneak out: To leave a place secretly, usually without permission.
- have to: Must do
- pick out: To choose or select one item from many
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- leave: To go away from; depart
- balcony: Platform with a rail projecting out of a building
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- staircase: Flight of stairs and the structures supporting it
- flashback: Showing an earlier event in a film, book etc.
- scarlet: Bright red color
- princess: Daughter of a king and queen
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- prince: Person's name
- garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- knelt: To move your body so your knees are on the floor
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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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