Vocabulary
- call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
- call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
- lean in: To move closer to someone or something, often by bending forward.
- set up
- delivery person: A person whose job is to deliver goods or packages.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
- yell out: To shout or call out loudly.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- tiny: Very, very small
- huge: Very very large
- favor: Support or approval from people
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- soak: To make something completely wet
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- leave: To go away from; depart
- whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
- delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
- chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- piece: A counter in a board game
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
- boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
- person: Man, woman or child
- sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- great: Very good; better than before
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- hallway: Interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
- onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
- terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- noodle: String of dried dough, usually eaten in a soup
- lonesome: Sad because alone
- lion: Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia
- diva: Female operatic star
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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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