Vocabulary
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- patio: Flat hard area outside house where people can sit
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- mud: Soft, wet dirt
- happen: To take place or occur
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- afternoon: Time after 12:00 and before the evening meal
- se: South-east
- tom: (Ethnic slur) Offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
- ese
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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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