Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- hands down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
- have to: Must do
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- stiff: Slang term for a dead body
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- mad: Very angry
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- person: Man, woman or child
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- great: Very good; better than before
- part: Division of a book
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- return: To hit something back to the other player or team
- cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- manageable: Able to be managed or controlled
- hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
- neck: Part of the body joining the head and the body
- gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
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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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