Vocabulary
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- sneak out: To leave a place secretly, usually without permission.
- have to: Must do
- pick out: To choose or select one item from many
- love: Person's name
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- waiting: To delay or not do something until later
- daddy: Another word for father
- town: Small city
- young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- close: Almost; near
- leave: To go away from; depart
- garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- dad: Another word for father
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- save: To make your computer keep a file
- marry: To become the husband or wife of someone
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
- quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- standing: To be a candidate in an election
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- dead: Not alive
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- prince: Person's name
- princess: Daughter of a king and queen
- balcony: Platform with a rail projecting out of a building
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- staircase: Flight of stairs and the structures supporting it
- flashback: Showing an earlier event in a film, book etc.
- sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
- knelt: To move your body so your knees are on the floor
- scarlet: Bright red color
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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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