Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- in shock: When not enough blood flows round the body
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
- teach: To help someone learn or do something
- bad: Not good; wrong
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
- big: Popular
- football: Round ball kicked by people playing soccer
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- lunch: Light meal eaten in the middle of the day
- eat: To put food in your mouth
- fork: To divide or separate into two branches
- math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- finger: One of the five long parts of the hand
- fan: To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
- fit: Good looking; physically attractive
- kid: Child or young person
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- call: A order or request for action
- entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
- succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
- shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
- interfere: To get involved in something not your business
- idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
- respond: To answer something or someone
- bilingual: Being able to speak two languages well
- programmer: Person who writes instructions for computers
- urge: A strong desire for something
- metaphorical: Using words imaginatively to reveal a similarity
- penis: Male organ for copulation and urination
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
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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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