Vocabulary
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- get here: To arrive at a specific location.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
- deal with
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- check out
- bed: Flat bottom surface of a lake, ocean etc.
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- movie: Motion picture; film
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- birthday: Date each year on which you were born
- friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
- finish: To use or consume all of something
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- leave: To go away from; depart
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- repeat: Action that is done again
- arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
- colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- surprised: Feeling a shock when something unexpected happens
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- beginning: To do the first part of an action; to start
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
- click: To work well with someone or something
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- due: When something is required or expected
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
- event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- pronouncing: To state something in a legal or official way
- attend: To take care of someone in need
- sharp: Person's name
- conference: Series of lectures held as an event
- correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
- birth: Time when a baby or young animal is born
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- material: Cloth; fabric
- schedule: A list of events and their times
- submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
- immature: Behaving like a child, especially emotionally
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
- mature: Behaving like an adult
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
- assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
- workplace: Place where work is done
- commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
- contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
- outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
- intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
- criticize: To assess the work of others
- sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
- fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
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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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