Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- blow on: To exhale air onto a surface or object.
- for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
- get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- have to: Must do
- in a corner: In a situation where one is trapped or pressured with few options.
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- hierarchy: Group that manages and controls an organization
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- blow: To move something using air
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
- flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
- soak: To make something completely wet
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- click: To work well with someone or something
- vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
- crunch: To crush something into pieces
- mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
- glorious: (Of a hero, achievements) deserving praise and awe
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- noble: Being admirable and honorable in character
- amateur: Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
- steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
- imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
- chewy: (Of food) needing a lot of chewing; tough
- broth: Liquid or soup that meat, etc. has been cooked in
- pouch: Pocket; a folded area that holds something
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- great: Very good; better than before
- mastery: Total control over something
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- delightful: Greatly pleasing or entertaining
- gently: In a mild, careful, and soft manner
- crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
- come: To arrive at a place
- truffle: Expensive black edible fungi
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
- nectar: Sweet liquid found in plants
- special: Being additional or extra
- soy: Food substance made from soya beans
- jammed: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
- messing: To make something untidy or dirty
- skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
- bean: Large seed eaten as a vegetable
- honk: To make a loud noise like that of a horn
- smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- editing: To check and makes changes before publication
- zucchini: Long green marrow squash plant like a cucumber
- pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
- din: A loud, persistent noise
- tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking
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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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