Vocabulary
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- cut into: To divide something into pieces with a sharp tool.
- knock it off: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
- two halves: Two equal parts of something.
- see to: To attend to; take care of
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- take for example: To use as an instance or illustration.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
- syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
- primarily: In the most basic or important way
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- leave: To go away from; depart
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- operation: Business or company, or its activities
- surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- great: Very good; better than before
- quit: To leave a job
- alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
- cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
- flick: To hit something with your finger to move it
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- epilepsy: Medical condition involving fits or seizures
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- laughter: Action or sound of laughing
- corpus: Large collection of written and spoken language
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- pearly: Color of white pearls
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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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