Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- butter up: To say nice things to get something you want
- slip back: To return to a former bad state or habit.
- hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
- for instance: As an example.
- full whack: The whole amount or full price.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- cavity: Hole or empty space, especially in a tooth
- ferry: Passenger boat on a regular schedule
- nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
- flavour: Taste of something, especially in food or drink
- butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
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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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