Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
- phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
- cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
- have to: Must do
- set up
- awkward: Lacking smooth movement
- initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- dude: Form of address for a man
- amount: Quantity of something
- insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
- employee: Person who works for someone else for payment
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- stripe: Strip of alternating color in straight lines
- illuminate: To supply light to something
- customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- loaf: Large piece of bread baked as a whole
- kid: Child or young person
- shine: To point a light in a certain direction
- awkwardly: With a lack of smooth movement
- cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
- meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
- spokesperson: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
- super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
- turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
- laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
- cheese: Yellowish solid food made from aged milk
- recreate: To make a past situation exist again
- ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
- taco: Tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
- cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
- meatball: Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or boiled
- pastrami: Highly seasoned smoked beef
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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
A2 Elementary
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