Vocabulary
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- in second grade: Being in the second year of elementary school.
- kind of sad: Slightly sad; a little bit melancholy.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
- sink: To push something down into the ground
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
- funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
- flush: Feeling that comes suddenly
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- act: To behave in a certain way
- mad: Very angry
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- screen: To hide or block something from being seen
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
- angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
- exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
- cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
- select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
- congratulation: Wishes someone the best because of their success
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
- beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
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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
A2 Elementary
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Seven-Year-Old Actress Brooklynn Prince on The Florida Project
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jenny posted on 2018/02/12Ever wondered what it's like to be a young star on a big movie set? Dive behind the scenes with Brooklynn Prince from "The Florida Project" in this candid interview where she chats about everything from homeschooling to sea monkeys! You'll pick up natural conversational phrases and practice understanding simple sentence structures in a fun, real-world context.
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