Vocabulary
- much anticipated: Eagerly awaited; greatly expected.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- pull off: To manage to succeed
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- have to: Must do
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- common humanity: The shared characteristics, feelings, and vulnerabilities that make us human.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- live: To be alive
- humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- land: Region or country
- adopt: To legally take a child into your family
- flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
- brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- fraction: Small part of something
- rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
- dozen: 12 people or things
- touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
- competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- additional: Further or added
- celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
- return: To hit something back to the other player or team
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
- save: To make your computer keep a file
- wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
- mandate: To order that something is done
- investigation: Search for information about something
- national: Concerning a nation as a whole
- height: Distance of something from the bottom to the top
- aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
- descent: Movement downward; movement toward something bad
- evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
- contributor: Someone who gives money to cause, charity
- meltdown: Very large disaster, where everything goes wrong
- spun: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- regulatory: Having the ability or authority to make rules
- sully: To make dirty; soil or tarnish
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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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