Vocabulary
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- peel off: To remove the outer layer or skin of something.
- in half: Divided into two equal parts.
- cut down: To reduce your use of something
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
- cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
- cut through: To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
- get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
- cut across: To rudely go in front of someone
- draw in: To attract or entice someone or something.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- take out: To apply for and get a license
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- trim off: To remove something by cutting it away.
- as you like: In any way that you want; according to your preference.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- slightly: Only a little
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
- narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
- round: From beginning to end (e.g. of the year)
- add: To include as well
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
- mark: Person's name
- white: Person's name
- pupil: Someone who follows, is being taught by an artist
- mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
- angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
- arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
- forehead: Area of the face above the eyes
- trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
- skewer: Thin metal or wooden stick to hold pieces of food
- wedge: Golf club designed to hit the ball high in the air
- outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
- uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
- pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
- strawberry: Sweet fleshy red fruit
- jagged: Having a sharply uneven edge or surface
- indent: To make a mark or groove in something
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- melon: Hard round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and seeds
- piping: To speak in a high-pitched voice, like a child
- triangular: Having three straight sides
- watermelon: Large oblong or roundish melon with a green skin
- eyed: To watch or study something closely
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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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