Vocabulary
- without further ado: Without unnecessary delay or introduction; immediately.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- at least: As a minimum
- reduce the risk: To lessen the probability of something dangerous or harmful occurring.
- in comparison: When compared to something else.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- comparison: Act of comparing things
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- embarrassing: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- moron: Very stupid, foolish person
- statistically: With respect to statistics
- gritty: Showing strong determination
- underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
- err: To make a mistake
- magnum: Extra large bottle for champagne, etc.
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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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