Vocabulary
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- english speaker: A person who speaks English.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- check out
- try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- efficient: Able to produce results without waste
- rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- receipt: Act of receiving something
- handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
- click: To work well with someone or something
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- sufficient: Having or providing enough when needed
- commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
- leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
- confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
- deceive: To make someone believe something that is not true
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- vein: Tube that returns blood from the body to the heart
- adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
- misspell: To spell something incorrectly
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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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