Vocabulary
- to order: To give an instruction or command.
- go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
- zero in: To focus on a target
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- count: To add things together to find the total number
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
- important: Having power or authority
- piece: A counter in a board game
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
- cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
- cross: Angry and upset
- hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
- motor: Concerning cars and vehicles
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- poetic: Imaginative, descriptive and often emotional
- shin: Front part of the lower leg, beneath the knee
- cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
- firstly: Before anything else
- motorcycle: Motorbike; vehicle with two wheels and an engine
- ling: Long bodied marine fish
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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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