Vocabulary
- in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
- frustrated: Annoyed because things don't go the way you want
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- melancholy: Having a sad mood or feeling
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- previous: Existing or happening before the present time
- status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- huge: Very very large
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
- suffering: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- fuzzy: Covered with fur or short hair
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
- retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
- insist: To demand that someone do something
- flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
- miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- corpse: A dead body
- relieve: To make less boring by making some change
- contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- public: Owned by the government
- chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
- point: An item to be discussed
- fill: To make something full
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- avenue
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- bliss: Great joy or happiness
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
- cruelty: Intention to hurt others or be mean to them
- uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
- drifting: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
- temple: A flat area on the side of the forehead
- sidewalk: Paved area for pedestrians, usually beside a road
- coconut: A large nut with a hairy shell and white flesh
- gloom: Darkness; lack of light; dimness
- unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
- homeland: Country where you were born
- mutton: Meat from a mature domestic sheep
- hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
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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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