Vocabulary
- warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
- open up to: To start talking more freely about your feelings and private thoughts.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- blow through: To spend money quickly and carelessly.
- hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
- finish off: To complete the last part of something.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- session: Period of time used for a specific activity
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- private: Being away from others and quiet
- huge: Very very large
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- account: An advantage
- blow: To move something using air
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- important: Having power or authority
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- public: Owned by the government
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- articulation: Shaping the sounds of speech to communicate
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- tummy: Stomach or belly
- notification: Act of giving formal or official information
- pat: Person's name
- resonance: Continuing to make a loud clear deep sound
- diaphragm: Muscular membrane separating upper/lower organs
- cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
- rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
- vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- online: Connected to the internet
- sh: Sound people make to make someone be quiet
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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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