Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- have to: Must do
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- make out with: To kiss someone passionately.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- bag on: To criticize someone, often unfairly or excessively.
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- in the limelight: At the center of public attention.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- dude: Form of address for a man
- subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
- express: To send something by fast mail
- villain: Character in a story who is mean or evil
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
- vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
- wardrobe: Stock of clothes belonging to a person
- strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
- explicit: Definite; clearly stated; specific
- react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
- ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
- grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
- pedestal: Support or base as for a pillar or statue
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- provocative: Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- persona: Personality that you project in public
- highlight: Best or most interesting part of something
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- naughty: Behaving badly, e.g. so as to annoy adults
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- nuisance: A troublesome or annoying person or thing
- chuckle: To laugh quietly, as when amused
- nowadays: At the present time; now
- cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
- edgy: Feelings of tension and anxiety
- fry: To cook something in fat or oil
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
- punk: Violent or criminal young man
- fetish: Something you are obsessed with/think about a lot
- horny: Feeling great sexual desire
- smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
- screwing: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- scissor: To cut with or as if with scissors
- limelight: Light from burning lime on stages of old theaters
- goody: Something specially nice, like candies
- rapping: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
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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
A2 Elementary
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