Vocabulary
- at the moment: At this time; now
- simple present: A verb tense used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- irregular verbs: Verbs that do not form their past tense or past participle by adding -ed.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- end in: To have something as the final result.
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- go shopping: To go to stores to buy things
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- eat: To put food in your mouth
- yesterday: Day before today
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
- shopping: To look for or buy goods or services
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- movie: Motion picture; film
- clean: Completely; entirely
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- talk: Style of speaking
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- happen: To take place or occur
- memorize: To study something so that you remember it
- spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- bake: To cook food (bread, cakes) in an oven
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
- irregular: Happening at unequal spaced distances or times
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
- difficulty: Something that is hard to do
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- amount: Quantity of something
- clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- ding: Dent in a car, etc. caused by being hit
- timeline: Sequence of related events arranged in time order
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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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