Vocabulary
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- get here: To arrive at a specific location.
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- shining example: An outstanding and admirable instance; a perfect model.
- work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
- in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
- on a daily basis: Happening every day.
- have to: Must do
- mess around: To cheat on your partner with another lover
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- join up: To enlist in the armed forces.
- going on: To continue doing something
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- extreme: Very great in degree
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- laughter: Action or sound of laughing
- drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
- American: Person from the USA
- illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
- dark: Of a color that is not light
- duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
- America: The United States of America; North America and/or South America
- financially: From a financial point of view
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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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