Vocabulary
- has over: To invite someone to your house.
- cut down: To reduce your use of something
- for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- long for: To have a strong desire or yearning for something.
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- get down on: To criticize or disapprove of someone or something.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- in total: Completely; with everything added together.
- on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
- for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- other than: Except for; apart from.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- mental: Concerning the mind
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
- stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- annoying: To make someone angry
- viral: Of or caused by a virus
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- option: A choice
- sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
- fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
- define: To explain the meaning of words
- address: Exact street location of a place
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- performance: Act of doing something
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- pale: Light in color; unhealthy looking
- promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
- react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
- spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- weirdo: Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
- meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
- psychotic: Concerning or affected by psychosis; unbalanced
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- battery: Portable device that stores electricity
- lullaby: Quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- basil: Green mint herb with broad leaves used in cooking
- steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
- unsettling: To upset; making someone feel uneasy
- demonic: Extremely evil or cruel
- gimme: Shortened form of 'give me'
- gasping: To take a short quick breath because of surprise
- synthesizer: Electronic musical instrument that copies sounds
- poppy: Red flowering plant, a source of heroin
- candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
- poof: A footstool to rest your feet on
- pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
- uploading: To transfer a file or data to the internet
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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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