Vocabulary
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- go on: To continue doing something
- by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
- from a distance: Not close; far away.
- heart pounding: Experiencing a rapid or forceful heartbeat, often due to anxiety, fear, or excitement.
- go away: To go on vacation
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- catch up: To become equal with another person
- too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
- pour out: To serve a drink by letting it flow from a container.
- against the world: Feeling alone in opposition to everyone else.
- cry out: To shout or scream loudly, often due to pain, fear, or surprise.
- extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
- ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- chill: State of being a little cold
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- fellow: Man or a boy
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- reassure: To make feel less worried about something
- hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- feast: Religious celebration
- desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
- flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
- leave: To go away from; depart
- sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
- fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
- determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- defend: To protect and explain your position in court
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
- pound: The # key on a keyboard
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
- rusty: Performing badly from lack of practice
- flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
- dangle: To hang loosely in the air; hold a thing like this
- muzzle: To quieten by or as by covering the mouth
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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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