Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- get a cut: To receive a share of profits or proceeds.
- deal with
- in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- have on: To be wearing something.
- color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
- except for: Not including; excluding.
- have to: Must do
- for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- go against: To disagree with or challenge someone
- shaved head: A hairstyle in which all or most of the hair on the head has been removed by shaving.
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
- piece: A counter in a board game
- bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
- greasy: Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
- trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
- curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- product: Item that can be bought
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
- part: Division of a book
- dye: A liquid that colors hair, cloth etc.
- shave: To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- blonde: Having hair of pale yellow color; of such hair
- niece: Daughter of your brother or sister
- dandruff: White scales of skin found in the hair
- barber: Person whose job is to cut men's hair, shave them
- bob: To move up and down repeatedly
- braid: Hair separated into 3 strands laid over each other
- shampoo: Substance used to wash the hair
- straighten: To make or become straight
- curly: Having curls or waves
- conditioner: Liquid to make hair smoother, softer
- ponytail: Hair style tied in a clump at the back of the head
- shiny: Reflecting a lot of light; bright and smooth
- perm: Hair treatment that makes the hair curly
- frizzy: (Of hair) in small tight curls
- hairdresser: Someone who cuts or beautifies hair as a job
- haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
- oily: Being too full of oil, e.g. a pizza
- salon: Place for hairdressing or beauty treatments
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- raider: Investor buying controlling interest in companies
- hairspray: Spray used to hold hair in place
- barbershop: Shop where men can get their hair cut, get shaved
- reggae: Type of popular Caribbean music
- hairstyle: Arrangement of the hair
- croft: Small farm worked by a crofter
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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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