Vocabulary
- circumstance: Condition or fact that affects a situation
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
- suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
- persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
- reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
- politician: Someone whose job is in politics
- infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
- deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
- attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
- threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
- restriction: Law or rule that controls or limits something
- accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
- resign: To leave a job because you want to
- purse: Small bag for carrying money and other things
- reception: Front desk area of an organization or building
- receipt: Act of receiving something
- leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- mineral: Substance naturally formed in the ground
- cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
- suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
- jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
- fetch: To go and get something and bring it back
- cushion: Soft object to make a seat more comfortable
- cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
- accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
- biscuit: A cookie
- insect: A small animal with 6 legs, such as a bee or ant
- kettle: Metal container with spout used for boiling water
- allowance: Money that is given to someone regularly
- negotiation: A formal discussion to reach an agreement
- collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
- approximate: About; not exact but close
- congratulation: Wishes someone the best because of their success
- behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
- sock: Covering for your feet, worn under shoes
- downtown: Located in the business part of a town
- gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
- labour: Physical process by which a baby is born
- prosecution: Lawyers acting to prove a defendant guilty
- marvellous: Extraordinarily good or great
- chap: To cause the skin, lips to roughen or crack
- clock: A device that shows the time
- granny: Grandmother
- mummy: Mother
- motorway: Broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- metre: Unit of length equal to 100 cm or about 39 inches
- kilometre: A metric unit of length equal to 1000 metres
- freeway: Highway that can be used without paying a toll
- handbag: Personal bag for money, phone etc.
- cooker: Piece of kitchen equipment with oven burners 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
A2 Elementary
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