Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
- vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
- swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
- honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
- flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
- piece: A counter in a board game
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
- stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
- mushy: Excessively or insincerely emotional
- live: To be alive
- bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- rancid: With an unpleasant smell or taste, like sour milk
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- dead: Not alive
- forget: To not remember something
- mash: To make something soft by beating or crushing it
- smell: To have a particular odor
- close: Almost; near
- salt: Natural white crystal used to flavor food
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- gangster: Member of a gang of violent criminals
- potato: Vegetable used e.g. to make fries
- beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
- paddy: Field in which rice is grown
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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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