Vocabulary
- in the presence of: While someone or something else is present.
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- husband: Married man
- pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- weekend: Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
- movie: Motion picture; film
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- fun: Amusing and enjoyable
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- license: To give official permission to do something
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- team: Group of people working on a task together
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- ceremony: Special social or religious event
- marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
- judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- couple: To join something to something else
- thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
- actress: A woman or girl who acts on a stage or in a movie
- presence: The same place or area that a person is
- speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
- controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
- chapel: Room to hold religious services
- knot: Secure form of tying a rope, string etc.
- aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
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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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Jiachen Fu posted on 2015/10/01Get ready for some celebrity news as we dive into the secret wedding of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in France! You'll love exploring the romantic details of their chapel ceremony and picking up on complex sentence structures used in this exciting report.
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