Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- play it safe: To avoid risks; to be cautious.
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- cousin: Child of your uncle or aunt
- pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- live: To be alive
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- repeat: Action that is done again
- long: Person's name
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- patty: Small pie or pasty
- pay: To give money for goods or work done
- wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
- smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- join: To bring something close to another, to become one
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- safe: Highly likely
- paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
- umbrella: Including many smaller things of the same type
- oil: A liquid used for frying foods
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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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