Vocabulary
- fool with: To tamper with or handle something in a way that is not intended or safe.
- million dollar: Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
- hop off: To get off or descend from a vehicle or object quickly or casually.
- in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
- hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- hop in: To get in or on a vehicle
- imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
- posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
- blow: To move something using air
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- bust: To arrest people involved in crime
- scope: Opportunity for action or thought
- apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
- hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- auction: To sell to a person offering the highest price
- division: How many times a number is contained in another
- amateur: Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
- gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
- hop: Dance party
- kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- wrist: Part where your hand joins your arm
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
- bout: A boxing match
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- flair: Natural ability to do something well
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
- jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
- cap: Covering for the end or top of something
- fool: An idiot; someone who does something stupid
- tape: To record some sounds using an electric device
- lamb: Young sheep
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- metro: Underground railway or subway
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- shit: A coarse term for defecation
- woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
- diamond: Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
- bitch: To aggressively complain about something
- seat: To have seats available for a number of people
- purple: Being a color that is a mixture of red and blue
- total: Whole number or amount of something
- worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
- ski: Long thin board for the feet for moving on show
- thou: An old-fashioned word for you
- cash: Physical money (not credit card or digital)
- raffle: Lottery where you buy tickets
- coupe: Car with two doors and a downward sloping back
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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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