Vocabulary
- check out
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- in comfort: In a state of ease and relaxation; without hardship or difficulty.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- have to: Must do
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
- gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
- dumb: Senseless; stupid
- commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
- toxic: Poisonous; harmful
- insecure: Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
- rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- leave: To go away from; depart
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- critic: Person who judges (e.g. art) and gives opinions
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- great: Very good; better than before
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- person: Man, woman or child
- squad: A sports team
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- compass: Device that shows the direction of north
- attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- flake: Thin and very small piece of something
- uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
- crow: Large black bird
- friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
- terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
- bitch: To aggressively complain about something
- snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
- shipyard: Workplace where ships are built or repaired
- petticoat: Woman's underskirt worn under a dress or skirt
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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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