Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- kill me: An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
- have to: Must do
- as you wish: A polite way of granting a request or giving permission.
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- agony: Great pain or suffering
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
- act: To behave in a certain way
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- host: Mass; a great number
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- person: Man, woman or child
- cringe: To crouch or move back suddenly, as in fear
- elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
- fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- balcony: Platform with a rail projecting out of a building
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
- lord: (Name used to refer to god in some religions)
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- prop: Moveable item used on the set of a theater/film
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- disgusted: Having or showing a strong dislike for something
- disappointment: Feeling or state of not being satisfied
- pee: To urinate
- curate: To be in charge of selecting and caring for objects to be shown in a museum or to form part of a collection of art, an exhibition, etc.
- hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
- title: Book produced by a publisher
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- princess: Daughter of a king and queen
- handshake: Act of shaking someone's hand with your own hand
- compilation: Act of gathering things into a list, group
- camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
- bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
- urinal: Wall fixture into which men urinate
- jasmine: Plant producing flowers and a sweet smell
- sandy: Person's name
- rainbow: Curved line of colors in the sky during rainfall
- ohhh: Expression showing surprise
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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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