Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- leave school: To finish your education at a school, college, or university.
- carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
- listen in: To secretly listen to a conversation.
- going on: To continue doing something
- come clean: To confess fully; to admit wrongdoing.
- feel sorry for: To experience sympathy or pity for someone.
- in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
- fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
- victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
- pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- confession: Admission you have done something wrong
- decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
- controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
- favor: Support or approval from people
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- option: A choice
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- leave: To go away from; depart
- pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
- facade: False front of a particularly impressive building
- personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- biological: Being related to life and living things
- defense: Argument in support of something
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- guidance: Advice on what to do in school, job, future
- legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
- bait: Piece of food used to catch or trap an animal
- frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
- forbid: To order someone not to do something
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
- tavern: Establishment that serves alcoholic beverages
- babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
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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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