Vocabulary
- next to: Being located along side another
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
- bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
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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
A2 Elementary
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