Vocabulary
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
- elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- endless: Having or appearing to have no end
- solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- scared: To become frightened
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
- circle: A perfectly round shape
- trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- hoarding: To keep a large amount of hidden (valuable) items
- hunger: Strong desire or need
- sonic: Concerning sound, its waves, and speed
- believer: A person who has religious faith
- grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
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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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