Vocabulary
- best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- at school: Present and attending school.
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
- on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- by day: During the daytime; not at night.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- skip out: To leave a place or situation secretly, often to avoid paying or fulfilling an obligation.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- look back: To think about past events
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
- hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
- three-course meal: A meal consisting of an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert.
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- take the credit: To claim praise or acknowledgement for something, whether deserved or not.
- off camera: Not being filmed or recorded.
- live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
- drop off: To leave someone, something somewhere
- in hot water: In trouble; in a difficult situation.
- have to: Must do
- check out
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
- series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
- rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
- military: Army or armed forces
- fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
- bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
- urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- allegedly: According to what has been alleged
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- parachute: To drop supplies from a plane via parachute
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
- leave: To go away from; depart
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
- survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
- defend: To protect and explain your position in court
- horrific: Terrifying and shocking
- suspend: To hang something or someone from something
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- guardian: Person who guards, protects, or preserves
- strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
- luxurious: Being very comfortable, beautiful, and expensive
- truth: Real facts about something
- disgust: Strong feeling of dislike for something
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- training: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
- royal: Excellent or grand; suitable for a king or queen
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- lodge: To (provide a place to) stay for a short time
- dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
- balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- mud: Soft, wet dirt
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
- plaster: Substance used to cover walls to make them smooth
- lieutenant: Officer in the army, navy, or air force
- daredevil: Someone who takes risks without thinking of danger
- ascent: Act of rising or going upwards
- veal: Meat from a young cow
- bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers
- lifeboat: Strong boat designed to rescue people at sea
- peed: To urinate
- motel: Drive-in hotel which provides lodging and parking
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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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