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- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
- slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
- keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- fault: A failure or negative aspect of
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- leave: To go away from; depart
- bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- reply: Answer to someone's question
- complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- rob: Person's name
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- wallet: Small flat case for money, credit cards etc.
- wine: Dark red color
- message: Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
- pink: Color made by mixing red and white
- pub: Building with a bar licensed to sell alcohol
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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
A2 Elementary
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