Vocabulary
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
- have to: Must do
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- at least: As a minimum
- as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
- of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- writing: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- read: Person's name
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- note: To notice or pay particular attention to something.
- hearing: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- close: Almost; near
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- important: Having power or authority
- talk: Style of speaking
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- surname: Your family name
- point: An item to be discussed
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- prefer: To like something better than something else
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
- confused: To make something unclear or hard to understand
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- advertise: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
- sincerely: With honesty and truthfulness
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
- imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
- voice: Ability to sing well
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- graduated: To get a degree from school, college, university
- formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- firstly: Before anything else
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- syntax: Study of the way words are organized in a sentence
- al: AL is an acronym
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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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