Vocabulary
- clock in: To record the time of one's arrival at work, typically using a time clock.
- play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
- run along: To go away; leave (often in commands)
- pulled off: To manage to succeed
- for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
- knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
- going on: To continue doing something
- down the middle: In or along the center of something.
- from a distance: Not close; far away.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- define: To explain the meaning of words
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
- nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
- emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- slam: To criticize sharply
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- millionaire: Person with 1,000,000 dollars, euros etc. or more
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- surround: To be all the way around something
- alive: Living; not dead
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- great: Very good; better than before
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
- preach: To write or speak about so as to persuade people
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
- wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
- bug: To bother someone
- united: To join or come together for the same goal
- pocket: Small cloth bag sewn into clothing to hold things
- lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
- upstairs: On a floor above
- casket: Box in which dead people are buried; coffin
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- repay: To do in return for something done for you
- angel: Supernatural human figure from heaven with wings
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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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