Vocabulary
- english speaker: A person who speaks English.
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- performance: Act of doing something
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- click: To work well with someone or something
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- important: Having power or authority
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- bolder: Not afraid of danger
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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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