Vocabulary
- consists of: Is made up or composed of.
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- cash in: To sell asset to get money back
- lose money: To suffer a financial loss; to not make a profit.
- have to: Must do
- on to: Toward something; forward
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
- see about: To look into or arrange something.
- of late: Recently; lately.
- go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
- at this rate: If things continue as they are now.
- drop off: To leave someone, something somewhere
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
- amount: Quantity of something
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
- grip: To hold someone's interest
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
- tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
- lounge: Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
- dim: Not bright; not being clear
- bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
- souvenir: Something bought to remember a place
- transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- cinema: A place for showing movies
- standoff: a situation in which no agreement can be reached
- bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
- turbulent: (Of water) moving violently and unevenly
- knuckle: Rounded bone where the fingers can bend
- refund: To give money back, e.g. if a product is faulty
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
- international: Of or relating to several countries
- hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
- metro: Underground railway or subway
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- chopstick: One of a pair of thin sticks used to eat food with
- popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
- pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
- airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
- soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
- din: A loud, persistent noise
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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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