Vocabulary
- look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- way too long: Excessively long in duration; much longer than necessary or desired.
- bending over backwards: To try very hard to help someone, often to an excessive degree.
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- chill: State of being a little cold
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
- virtue: Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
- intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
- reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- bend: To become curved or no longer straight
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
- melt: To disappear or to go away
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- nibble: To take small bites of something, especially food
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- forsake: To leave (even though you should not); give up
- sky: The place where we see clouds above us
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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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