Vocabulary
- sit down: To take a seat
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- have to: Must do
- hol' up: To stop or wait suddenly, often expressing surprise or doubt.
- in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
- stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
- viral: Of or caused by a virus
- intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
- stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
- humble: Being lower in quality or status
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
- dawn: First light of day
- rewind: To make something go backwards
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- leave: To go away from; depart
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- tick: To function properly or normally
- rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- discover: To find something new that was not known before
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- area: Amount of measured space
- lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
- truth: Real facts about something
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- ensemble: Group of things, people working together
- pray: To speak to your god to request help
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- encore: Additional performance demanded by the audience
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- poppy: Red flowering plant, a source of heroin
- baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
- handmade: Made by hand or a hand process
- bien: (French) good
- para: Shortened form of paragraph
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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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