Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- kind of easy: Somewhat easy; relatively easy.
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- break off: To end a relationship, engagement etc.
- by doing that: Using that action or method.
- at that time: During a specific point in the past.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
- freak out: To react or behave in a wild or irrational way
- in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- write out: To write something in full instead of using abbreviations or symbols.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
- up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
- must learn: Expressing a strong obligation or necessity to acquire knowledge or a skill.
- run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- in that order: Following the sequence or arrangement previously mentioned or understood.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- important: Having power or authority
- thinking: To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
- home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
- movie: Motion picture; film
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- advanced: (Of an army) to move forward
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- Miss: To be absent
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- theater: Place where plays or movies are seen
- happen: To take place or occur
- fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
- drama: Play that is performed on stage, theater, or TV
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- gap: Distance between two objects
- hero: Person of great courage/strength who saves others
- voice: Ability to sing well
- act: To behave in a certain way
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
- instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
- instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
- relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- necessity: Something that you must have or do
- catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
- dread: To await with great fear
- mighty: Having great strength or great size
- chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
- www: WWW is an acronym for world wide web
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- recap: Brief description of something that had been said
- sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
- nerd: Intelligent but single-minded expert in a field
- vid: A short form of 'video', especially one shared online.
- blasphemy: Disrespect for God or established religion
- squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
- woof: Yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
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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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