Vocabulary
- crush on: To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
- have to: Must do
- pick on: To tease or bully someone
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
- all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- go: To attend or be at a place
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- leave: To go away from; depart
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
- shy: Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
- drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
- happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
- camp: A (military) base
- girl: A female child; a young woman
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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
A2 Elementary
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