Vocabulary
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
- apropos of: Concerning or relating to a particular subject.
- next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
- stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
- in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
- on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
- brutal: Extremely violent or mean
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
- plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
- fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
- delusion: False belief despite evidence to the contrary
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- flexible: Bending easily
- role: Character played by an actor
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- invariably: Each time without change; always
- tale: Story that is not true
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
- intrigue: To make someone interested or curious
- confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
- leave: To go away from; depart
- fairy: Small imaginary being that can do magic
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
- act: To behave in a certain way
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- fill: To make something full
- bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
- disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- legendary: Being a very famous sports player, actor etc.
- orphan: Child whose parents have died
- mount: To attach something to something else
- nifty: Very good or useful; clever; effective
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- pee: To urinate
- futile: Having no result; useless
- enchant: To hold the admiration of others; charm
- cradle: Small bed for a baby, with rockers and sides
- precarious: Not secure; likely to fall over/off; dangerous
- mamma: A mother
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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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