Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- quick look: A brief or cursory inspection or examination.
- a passion for: A strong enthusiasm or interest in something.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- look back: To think about past events
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
- at least: As a minimum
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
- at a glance: Immediately; instantly upon looking.
- get the picture: To understand a situation or idea.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- bring back: To cause to remember
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- off the bat: Immediately; without delay.
- right off the bat: Immediately; from the very beginning or start.
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- not necessary: Not required; not needed.
- for instance: As an example.
- to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
- address: Exact street location of a place
- essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
- investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
- glance: Quick or temporary look at
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- logical: Sensible; reasonable
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
- submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- piece: A counter in a board game
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- outline: Line around the outer edge of something
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- modify: To make minor change to something
- fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
- corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
- fictional: Including people and events that are not real
- synonym: Word that has the same meaning as another word
- syntax: Study of the way words are organized in a sentence
- link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
- publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- favour: What someone asks of you; helpful act; a kindness
- history: Established pattern or record
- comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
- haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
- cellphone: Phone you can take with you everywhere
- omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet
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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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