Vocabulary
- start off: To begin or commence something.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- pull off: To manage to succeed
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- in my book: According to my personal opinion or belief.
- mix it up: To vary or do things differently; to introduce variety.
- too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
- light on: To illuminate something.
- count on: To depend on someone
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- dry out: To remove moisture from something; to become completely dry.
- fall out
- burn up: To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
- rough edges: Uneven or jagged borders or surfaces.
- cook out: To prepare and eat food outdoors, often on a grill.
- turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- go to town: To do something enthusiastically and thoroughly.
- cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
- pulled off: To manage to succeed
- deal with
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- have to: Must do
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- going on: To continue doing something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- end up with: To have something as a result.
- up top: In or at the highest position or location.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- to the bones: Extremely; deeply, especially relating to feeling cold or frightened.
- be: Being
- meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
- knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
- salt: Natural white crystal used to flavor food
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
- skirt: To go around the edge of an area
- cook: To heat food until it is ready to eat
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- something: Thing that is not yet known or named
- nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
- color: To change or affect someone's opinion
- spare: To make (money or time) available for
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- imperfect: Not being perfect or complete; having a mistake
- competition: Fighting against others to win something
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- piece: A counter in a board game
- garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
- lucky: Fortunate; having good things happen by chance
- dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
- pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
- breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
- shaker: Person who wields power and influence
- powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
- bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- olive: Person's name
- burn: To destroy with fire
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- inch: 1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
- puppy: Very young dog (and some other animals)
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
- bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
- delicate: Easily broken or damaged
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- smoker: Device that exposes food to smoke as it cooks
- oddly: In an unusual manner
- salty: Containing or tasting like salt
- fatty: Describing meat, fish with a lot of fat
- slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
- sprinkle: To throw a little water on something
- poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- pron: (Slang) Pornography.
- trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
- membrane: Outside covering of a cell
- barbeque: Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
- brisket: Cut of (beef) from the breast or lower chest
- rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- paprika: Mild-tasting spice from a pepper plant
- flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
- moist: Being a little bit wet, often in a pleasing way
- belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
- hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
- clump: Mass or pile of something such as soil
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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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