Vocabulary
- down with: Suffering from an illness.
- turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
- move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
- set up
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- above the law: Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- prophecy: Statement that something will happen in the future
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
- assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
- major: High-ranking officer in the army
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- leave: To go away from; depart
- arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- bare: Lacking contents; empty
- legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- espionage: Act of spying
- silver: Person's name
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
- aggravate: To make a negative situation even worse
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- felony: A serious crime, such as murder
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- come: To arrive at a place
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- sheriff: Officer who enforces the law in an area
- barber: Person whose job is to cut men's hair, shave them
- hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
- county: Administrative region within a country or a state
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
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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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