Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- word up: An expression of agreement or acknowledgement.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- slightly: Only a little
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- neutral: Something with pH value of 7
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- typical: Normal; usual; expected
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- motion: Suggestion at a meeting
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- repeat: Action that is done again
- undo: To open, untie or loosen something
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- uphill: From lower ground to higher ground
- butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
- unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
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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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American English - UH [ʌ] Vowel - How to make the UH Vowel
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