Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- got to: To arrive at some place
- up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
- close by: Near in distance; nearby.
- in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- get it down: To write something down; record something in writing.
- stand by: To keep to an agreement
- live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
- go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
- run down: To be in a bad condition
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- close call: A situation in which something bad almost happens; a narrow escape.
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- close behind: Following very closely; in close pursuit.
- take a bow: To bend your head or body forward as a sign of respect or thanks to an audience.
- behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
- tune in: To listen to a radio program or watch a television program.
- close: Almost; near
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- come: To arrive at a place
- fun: Amusing and enjoyable
- big: Popular
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
- excited: To make something or someone become more active
- live: To be alive
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
- beautiful: Having dome something well
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- lend: To let someone borrow something for a while
- cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
- special: Being additional or extra
- hurry: To move, act, get somewhere, do something quickly
- jump: To attack someone suddenly
- view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
- skiing: To move over snow using skis
- building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- momentarily: For an instant or moment
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- land: Region or country
- apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- unit: One apartment in a building
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- trained: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
- unplug: To pull out the plug of (electrical appliances)
- feeling: Sensation or emotion you experience
- experimenting: To create and perform tests to research something
- aim: Act of pointing something at a target
- interrupting: To stop something from happening for a while
- couple: To join something to something else
- diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
- delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
- entertain: To receive someone as a guest
- demo: Showing how something works (e.g. a new product)
- rooting: To (cause a plant to) develop or grow roots
- tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
- arrow: Symbol used on road signs to show direction
- bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
- technical: Complex; difficult to understand
- package: Box or container items are placed in for mailing
- applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
- outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
- sideways: Moving, facing, or directed toward one side
- tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
- standby: Ready for use in an emergency, etc.
- slick: Confident; effortlessly effective
- ballpark: Facility in which ball games are played
- compelling: To force someone to do something
- canopy: Structure that hangs over something to shelter it
- robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
- aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
- overhead: Located above your head or in the sky
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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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