Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
- at least: As a minimum
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- at school: Present and attending school.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- to a man: Every single person involved without exception.
- hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- set up
- on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
- for a change: As something different from what is usual or normal.
- time for a change: A moment when it is appropriate or necessary to make a change.
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- learning: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- talk: Style of speaking
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- blond: Having hair of pale yellow color; of such hair
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- stuck: Not able to move
- impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
- traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- embarrassment: Shame you feel when you did something wrong
- trailer: Advertisement of short scenes from a movie
- municipality: Small city or town that has its own government
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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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