Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- breath mint: A flavored candy or lozenge used to freshen the breath.
- fan out: To spread out from a central point, like a fan.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- act on: To have an effect on something.
- have to: Must do
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- teach: To help someone learn or do something
- lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- person: Man, woman or child
- thing: (Used to introduce the reason for something)
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- noun: The subject or object of a sentence
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- advertisement: Poster, TV, film showing advantages of new product
- add: To include as well
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- magical: Specially enjoyable, pleasing or romantic
- instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
- advertise: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- employ: To use something for a specific task
- judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
- employment: The state of being in work or having a job
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- act: To behave in a certain way
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- birth: Time when a baby or young animal is born
- opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- judgment: Opinion that is made after careful consideration
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
- mint: Candies with the taste of mint
- inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
- destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
- protection: Being kept from harm
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- distracted: To draw someone's attention away from something
- subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
- establishment: Act, process of starting an organization or system
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- ion: Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
- zed: The letter Z.
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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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