Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- to date: Up to the present time; until now.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- fly by: To pass quickly
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- big: Popular
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- test: To be given a medical examination
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
- credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
- teaching: To help someone learn or do something
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
- date: To have become old-fashioned
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- violin: Wooden instrument with strings, played with a bow
- instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- piano: Keyboard instrument used for playing music
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
- team: Group of people working on a task together
- news: Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- weak: Not having a strong character
- solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- triangle: Three people connected with each in a relationship
- imperative: The state of demanding notice or attention
- reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- uhh: Sound people make when they are confused
- ide: IDE is an acronym
- betcha: A contraction of 'bet you', used to express confidence in a statement or challenge someone.
- hone: To improve or perfect (abilities or skills)
- coordination: When parts of your body work well together
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
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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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