Vocabulary
- next to: Being located along side another
- under the sun: Everything in the world; everything imaginable.
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- current: Electricity flowing through wires
- brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- sink: To push something down into the ground
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- drown: To kill something by putting it under water
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- scared: To become frightened
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- believe: To think or accept that something is true
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
- ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
- beach: Large area of sand, next to an area of water
- sky: The place where we see clouds above us
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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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