Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- turn into: To change to become something else
- ask for permission: To request authorization or consent to do something.
- have to: Must do
- as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
- in that order: Following the sequence or arrangement previously mentioned or understood.
- must learn: Expressing a strong obligation or necessity to acquire knowledge or a skill.
- make a promise: To give someone your word that you will do something.
- on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
- deal with
- at midnight: At twelve o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
- assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- express: To send something by fast mail
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
- option: A choice
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
- tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
- formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
- logical: Sensible; reasonable
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- leave: To go away from; depart
- prefer: To like something better than something else
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- necessity: Something that you must have or do
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- affirmative: Saying 'yes'; confirming; agreeing to
- condense: To remove water from to make it thicker
- auxiliary: Helping or supporting a function or group
- modal: Verb like 'may' or 'can', showing a verb's mood
- apostrophe: Punctuation mark (') showing possession
- confirmation: Approval or check of something
- upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
- prohibition: Law forbidding the sale of alcohol, etc.
- midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
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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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