Vocabulary
- knock back: To drink quickly and in large amounts, often alcohol.
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- pack in: To decide to stop doing something
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- in half: Divided into two equal parts.
- after the fact: Happening or known later than the actual event.
- root for: To support a sports team
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- blow up: To suddenly become angry
- in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
- way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
- hell yeah: An enthusiastic expression of agreement or approval.
- for shit: Used to say something is of very poor quality or useless.
- keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
- kneel before: To kneel in front of someone to show respect or submission.
- let off: To allow someone to go unpunished for wrongdoing
- talking head: A person who appears on television or in a video giving information and opinions, often shown only from the shoulders up.
- in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
- at least: As a minimum
- once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- to a man: Every single person involved without exception.
- off of: From a position on something; down from.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
- brutal: Extremely violent or mean
- discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
- innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- blow: To move something using air
- sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
- inadvertently: Without intention, accidentally
- fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
- crunch: To crush something into pieces
- pinch: A very small amount of something
- bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
- aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
- fad: Something popular for a short time
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- nuisance: A troublesome or annoying person or thing
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
- asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
- pupil: Someone who follows, is being taught by an artist
- hop: Dance party
- hip: The upper part of Leg
- slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
- rodent: Animal that gnaws/bites, e.g. rat, mouse, rabbit
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
- consideration: Careful thought; thinking about something
- immortal: Not subject to death; that will never die
- construct: To build or create something
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- immortality: State of never dying, e.g. because famous
- shady: Dark because something blocks the light
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
- pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
- hall: Area just inside the entrance of a building
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
- chunky: Containing large sticky lumps; thick and heavy
- slim: Being thin in an appealing way
- homage: Giving honor or respect to someone for achievement
- pointless: Being without a purpose or meaning
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- futile: Having no result; useless
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- wrath: (Literary) extreme and sometimes violent anger
- doodle: Aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch
- rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
- warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- ray: Person's name
- truthful: Expressing or given to expressing the truth
- youthful: Suggesting being young; vigorous and fresh
- retard: To cause to move or proceed slowly
- supersonic: Greater/faster than the speed of sound
- superhuman: Above or beyond human power or endurance
- oy: The sound made to get someone's attention
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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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