Vocabulary
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- in the bag: Assured of success; certain to be achieved.
- have to: Must do
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- came off: To succeed in doing; complete something
- in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- attach: To be associated or connected with
- owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- person: Man, woman or child
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- automatic: Done without conscious thought
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- constellation: Group of things or people that are similar
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- convenient: Allowing you to do something with less trouble
- scared: To become frightened
- tourist: Someone who travels to a place for pleasure
- exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- upside: Above, over
- apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
- message: Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
- muffin: Small sweet cake that often contains fruit
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
- camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
- hurry: To move, act, get somewhere, do something quickly
- noon: Middle of the day
- zipper: Device with interlocking teeth to close pants, etc.
- til: Until
- panda: White and black bear-like mammal from China
- unsafe: Likely to be dangerous or harmful
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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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