Vocabulary
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
- applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- hop: Dance party
- hip: The upper part of Leg
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- savage: Condition of being cruel, violent, uncivilized
- pal: Friend
- jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- laughter: Action or sound of laughing
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- sue: Person's name
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- expensive: Costing a lot of money
- live: To be alive
- artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
- female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
- platinum: Very expensive silver-colored metal
- kid: Child or young person
- lotion: Liquid applied onto the skin to protect, soften it
- history: Established pattern or record
- diamond: Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
- wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
- gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- delete: To remove or erase something
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
- rapper: Singer who performs rap music
- ohh: Expression showing surprise
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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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