Vocabulary
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- go insane: To become mentally deranged or extremely irrational.
- street fight: A physical fight in a public street.
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- on to: Toward something; forward
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
- go up against: To compete or confront someone in a contest or challenge.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- dumb: Senseless; stupid
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
- facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- dawn: First light of day
- assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
- exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
- destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
- circulation: Movement of blood through the body
- manual: Done by hand (not machine)
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- custom: Person's regular, daily habit or practice
- nonsense: Foolish or untrue statements or ideas
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
- malfunction: A failure of something to work properly
- announce: To make a public statement about a plan, decision
- betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
- handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- cop: Slang for police officer
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- dick: Someone who is a detective
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- hood: Front part of the car that covers the engine
- outlaw: Person hiding from police after breaking the law
- tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
- mile: Unit of distance; 1.6 kilometers
- bomb: To attack with explosives
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- long: Person's name
- credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
- plumbing: To measure the depth of something
- neon: Gaseous element used in electric lamps and signs
- diversion: Action designed to distract attention
- pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
- hiss: To make a very long 's' sound to show disapproval
- goody: Something specially nice, like candies
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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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Fast and Furious 8 Movie Clips + All Trailer (2017) | The Fate of the Furious
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