Vocabulary
- in the back seat: Having a less active or secondary role; not in control.
- beat to: To play or create music with a specific rhythm or tempo.
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- check out
- hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
- tuned to: To adjust a radio receiver to the frequency of a particular station.
- going on: To continue doing something
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- insane: Mentally ill; crazy
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- afford: To make available, to provide
- collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- mattress: Thick soft part of a bed that you lie on
- talented: Highly proficient or good at something
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- person: Man, woman or child
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
- blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
- link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- tattoo: Permanent ink drawing on a person's skin
- happen: To take place or occur
- shoulder: Part of the body where an arm attaches or joins
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- left: To go away from; depart
- artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
- rover: Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- boulder: Big rock, usually round in shape
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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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