Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
- come at: To approach someone to attack them
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- cuddle: To hold in your arms to show love or care for
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- neutral: Something with pH value of 7
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- part: Division of a book
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
- pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- review: To carefully look at the quality of something
- repeat: Action that is done again
- mid: At (or near) the middle point
- cutter: A special tool used for cutting things
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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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How to Pronounce R and L Sounds - Comparison - American English Pronunciation
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