Vocabulary
- as many times: As frequently as desired or needed; without limit to the number of attempts or occurrences.
- in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
- fill up
- cut corners: To do something badly in order to save money or effort.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- with just: Using only; with no more than.
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
- pile: Large amount of something
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
- plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
- endless: Having or appearing to have no end
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- profit: Benefit from doing something
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
- staff: Employees of a company
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
- fill: To make something full
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- appetizer: Food or drink to stimulate the appetite
- expansion: Making or becoming larger
- layout: Plan or design of something, e.g. of book page
- vertically: In an up and down position
- lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
- olive: Person's name
- inexpensive: Having a low price; cheap
- pancake: Flat cake of fried on both sides on a griddle, etc.
- unlimited: Being free from limits, restrictions or rules
- outback: Wild uninhabited parts in the center of Australia
- buffet: Meal where eaters select from many various dishes
- soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
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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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