Vocabulary
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- at that time: During a specific point in the past.
- in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
- pay out: To finish paying a debt
- catch fire: To start burning; to ignite.
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- drown: To kill something by putting it under water
- alive: Living; not dead
- deep: Complex and important
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- occupy: To enter and take control of land/property
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- sigh: Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
- live: To be alive
- lullaby: Quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
- punish: To make someone suffer for doing something wrong
- anymore: No longer; no more
- leaf: Page in a book
- sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
- sky: The place where we see clouds above us
- kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
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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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