Vocabulary
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
- flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
- gross out: To cause someone to feel disgusted.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- heart of gold: A kind, generous, and compassionate nature.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- overwhelmingly positive: Extremely positive; having a very strong and favorable effect.
- fire up: To motivate or encourage someone
- hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
- movie: Motion picture; film
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- funny: Causing laughter; amusing
- party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- great: Very good; better than before
- night: Time when sun does not shine
- clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
- watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- love: Person's name
- easily: Clearly; without doubt; certainly
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- unable: Not being able to do something
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
- gold: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
- slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
- surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- screen: To hide or block something from being seen
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- unfolds: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
- groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
- trend: Current style or fashion
- hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
- rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
- terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
- announce: To make a public statement about a plan, decision
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- positive: Showing agreement or support for something
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- dialog: Conversation between two or more individuals
- trunk: Long nose of an elephant
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- memorable: Worthy of being remembered; striking; outstanding
- sadly: In a way that makes you sad; unfortunately
- impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- viewpoint: Point of view; your opinion or attitude
- overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
- immense: Very great in size or amount
- rank: To rate or class things
- sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
- random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
- legitimately: In a lawfully recognized manner
- consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
- hangover: Ill feeling from drinking too much alcohol
- hopping: To move from one place to another
- drunken: (Of a rage, stupor, etc.) when a person is drunk
- cameo: Brief appearance by a famous person in a movie
- mesh: Crisscrossed wires to allow air/liquid through
- jade: Green stone used to make jewelry/art objects
- naught: Quantity of no importance, nonexistence
- induced: To make someone do something; create an outcome
- bachelor: Person who earned a first degree at a university
- witty: Making a joke in a clever or intelligent way
- unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
- nake: To make naked; to strip of clothing or covering.
- narrative: The telling of a story
- sequel: Story, movie etc. that follows another similar one
- shit: A coarse term for defecation
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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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