Vocabulary
- at bay: Kept at a distance; held back.
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- before long: Soon; in a short time.
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
- pull on: To put on a piece of clothing quickly and easily.
- as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
- take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
- marine park: A park or aquarium where marine animals are kept for public display.
- float away: To drift or move gently away on water or in the air.
- available from: Obtainable or accessible from a particular source or location.
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- cruise: To easily achieve
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- tiny: Very, very small
- fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
- require: To demand that someone does something
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- architecture: Design and construction of buildings
- equal: Same in shape, size, or number
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
- preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
- resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
- communal: Shared or used in common by members of a group
- ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
- marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
- tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
- harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
- dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
- interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
- cater: To cook or serve at an event for a fee
- wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- paradise: Place with everything needed for specific activity
- daily: Happening every day
- alternate: To follow one thing after another repeatedly
- coral: Color that is a combination of pink and orange
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- great: Very good; better than before
- canopy: Structure that hangs over something to shelter it
- adore: To love very much; to give honor to
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
- forest: Large area with many trees
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
- warrior: Courageous or skilled fighter in a battle or war
- reef: Line of rocks or sand at the surface of the ocean
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- greeting: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- zip: To compress digital documents into one file
- belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
- reel: To wind something in on a reel; pull something in
- gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
- jagged: Having a sharply uneven edge or surface
- heartfelt: Earnest; sincere; strongly felt
- shoreline: Boundary line between land and water
- marina: Person's name
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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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