Vocabulary
- rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
- love: Person's name
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
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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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