Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- come at: To approach someone to attack them
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- down in the dumps: Feeling sad, depressed, or discouraged.
- in the dumps: Feeling sad or depressed.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- screw up: Spoken to make a big mistake
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- silly: Careless
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- valuable: Being useful or important
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- respect: To follow the established rules
- clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- important: Having power or authority
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
- shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
- realization: Act of noticing something not noticed before
- bob: To move up and down repeatedly
- ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
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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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