Vocabulary
- other than: Except for; apart from.
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
- go to town: To do something enthusiastically and thoroughly.
- on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- jump on: To criticize someone suddenly and strongly.
- under construction
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
- permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- factor: Something that influences a result
- valuable: Being useful or important
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- vanity: When you are too proud of your appearance/ability
- important: Having power or authority
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- person: Man, woman or child
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
- corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- convenient: Allowing you to do something with less trouble
- active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
- metric: Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
- brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- let: To allow someone to do something
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
- message: Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
- spending: To use money to pay for something
- camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
- bandwagon: Idea or activity that becomes very popular
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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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