Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- proud of you: Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or are connected to.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- lost innocence: The state of having lost the quality of being innocent; a loss of purity or naiveté.
- ache for: To long for something or someone; to feel a strong desire or yearning.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- shed: Small building used for storage
- existence: State of being present, alive or real
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
- cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- ordinary: Normal or usual
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- vivid: Having very clear details and seeming to be real
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- vision: Ability to see; eyesight
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
- mischievous: Doing harm
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- distant: Unfriendly; cold
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- reconciliation: Getting two figures/accounts to match financially
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
- grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- exile: State of being forced to leave your country
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
- unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
- unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
- robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
- niceness: Quality of nice
- flint: Hard rock that sparks when hit with steel
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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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