Vocabulary
- for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
- have to: Must do
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
- knock down: To hit something so it falls down
- gear up: To prepare for an activity or event.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- constant: Happening frequently or without pause
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- candidate: Politician who is running for public office
- admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
- gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- mature: Behaving like an adult
- anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
- part: Division of a book
- awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- laughter: Action or sound of laughing
- sincerely: With honesty and truthfulness
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- post: To send a letter or package using stamps
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
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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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Sunny posted on 2017/03/04Ever wonder what kids *really* think about politics? You'll get a hilarious peek into that with Hillary Clinton on The Tonight Show, reading hilarious 'Kid Letters'! It's a super fun way to practice simple sentence structures and pick up on situational dialogue you might hear in everyday conversations.
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