Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- face down: To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- over the fence: Beyond a physical or figurative boundary or limit.
- have to: Must do
- from sea to shining sea: Covering a whole country from one coast to the other.
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
- ball: Large dance where people dress formally
- love: Person's name
- close: Almost; near
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
- dance: To move your body rhythmically to music
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- big: Popular
- forget: To not remember something
- live: To be alive
- fun: Amusing and enjoyable
- night: Time when sun does not shine
- stop: To block or close something
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- oil: A liquid used for frying foods
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- spill: Accident when someone falls
- shine: To point a light in a certain direction
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- swung: To move something in a back and forth motion
- spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- timber: Used to warn people that a tree is about to fall
- wrecking: To ruin something completely
- wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
- booty: Goods taken illegally or by force, as in a war
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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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