Vocabulary
- make a move: To take action; to initiate something.
- give it up: To stop trying to do something
- for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
- on tour: Time a soldier is away from home for work
- in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
- of all time: The best or most significant in history.
- mess up: To make a mistake
- lean in: To move closer to someone or something, often by bending forward.
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- get to the bottom of: To find the true cause or explanation of something.
- at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- incredible: Very good; amazing
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
- regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- factor: Something that influences a result
- performance: Act of doing something
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- harmony: Pleasing, attractive combination of parts, things
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- lettuce: Salad vegetable that has large thin green leaves
- horrific: Terrifying and shocking
- bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
- highlight: Best or most interesting part of something
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- excited: To make something or someone become more active
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- come: To arrive at a place
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- happen: To take place or occur
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- album: Book with a collection of photographs or pictures
- swift: Quick
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- rapper: Singer who performs rap music
- handwritten: Being written by hand (i.e. not typed)
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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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