Vocabulary
- thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- spot: A certain place or area
- precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
- admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
- sake: Japanese rice wine
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- seek: To ask someone for help
- edible: Being safe to eat
- couple: To join something to something else
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
- leave: To go away from; depart
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- gather: To bring objects together into one place
- custom: Person's regular, daily habit or practice
- restless: Worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion
- fleet: Group of ships under one commander
- celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- blush: To turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- partake: To have or take a share, e.g. of food
- view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- date: To have become old-fashioned
- socialize: To spend time with people; go out and make friends
- symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
- renewal: Action of making something more modern or like new
- cherry: Small, round fruit with a red or black skin
- flower: Plant with a pretty head, e.g. a rose
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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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