Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- go after: To chase or pursue something
- go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
- work out
- go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- blindly validate: To accept or approve something without questioning its accuracy or validity.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
- bear with me: Be patient with me.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- cut your losses: To stop doing something that is failing in order to minimize further losses or damage.
- pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
- by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
- check on: To check that things are OK, correct
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- rely on: To depend on someone or something
- in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
- have to: Must do
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- dude: Form of address for a man
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- mature: Behaving like an adult
- interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
- analogy: Comparison of things based on their similarity
- lame: Having a damaged leg/foot making walking painful
- accusation: When you claim that someone has committed a crime
- naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
- validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- absence: State of not being present, or not existing
- flush: Feeling that comes suddenly
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- pound: The # key on a keyboard
- reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- petty: Small and unimportant; small-minded
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- whine: To complain in an annoying crying voice
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- selfish: Concerned about your own interests, not others'
- piss: To be angry
- upfront: Frank and honest
- entitle: To make you eligible to hold a title
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- cousin: Child of your uncle or aunt
- booth: Small area where someone does something privately
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- bluff: To pretend to do something to trick someone
- overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
- borrow: To take and later return something from another
- hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
- anymore: No longer; no more
- risky: With the chance it may be dangerous, unsuccessful
- friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
- messed: To make something untidy or dirty
- rethink: To reconsider or think again about something
- disprove: To show something is not true
- blindly: Without seeing or looking; without thought or care
- niceness: Quality of nice
- unwanted: Not desired
- illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
- freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
- haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
- ox: Cow-like animal kept for providing milk or meat
- deuce: Tie in tennis needing two successive points to win
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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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