Vocabulary
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- have to: Must do
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- in the picture: Aware of what is happening; informed.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- shit on: To criticize or treat someone unfairly.
- in hand: In one's possession or control.
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
- forbidden fruit: Something that is desired because it is not allowed.
- on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- stand here: To remain in or move to this specific location.
- on ice: Kept cold or preserved by ice.
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
- scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
- leave: To go away from; depart
- revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
- reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
- desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
- bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
- addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
- stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
- person: Man, woman or child
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- detergent: Synthetic liquid or powder used to wash something
- booth: Small area where someone does something privately
- devise: To think of and plan something
- forbid: To order someone not to do something
- preach: To write or speak about so as to persuade people
- strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
- spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
- cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
- revert: To return to the original owner again
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- sue: Person's name
- jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- irreversible: Not able to be reversed/put back to previous state
- terminate: To bring something to and end or finish
- psychopath: Violent, mentally disturbed person
- tangle: To involve in troubles that are hard to escape
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- deceit: Deliberately lying to someone to trick them
- thirst: Powerful desire or need for e.g. knowledge
- sermon: Moral talk given as part of a church service
- pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
- fore: (In combination) before; in the front part
- flack: Slick press agent who spins a story to advantage
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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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