Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
- cut corners: To do something badly in order to save money or effort.
- on fire: Very successful or popular
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- break up
- check out
- for the win: Used to express enthusiasm or determination to achieve victory or success.
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- account: An advantage
- blow: To move something using air
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- fellow: Man or a boy
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
- rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
- dope: Someone you think it stupid or a fool
- fill: To make something full
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- battle: Military fight between armies
- roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- oppose: To fight against someone in a contest or game
- trophy: Prize given to the winner of a competition
- code: To express information in a series of numbers
- tweet: Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
- location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
- punish: To make someone suffer for doing something wrong
- spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
- circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
- geometry: Mathematical study of shapes, surfaces, and space
- participation: Act of being involved in something
- slogan: Distinctive phrase used in political campaign, etc.
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- taco: Tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
- delete: To remove or erase something
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
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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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