Vocabulary
- pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- complete with: Having something as an extra part or feature.
- once a month: Happening or appearing one time in each month.
- on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
- best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
- dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
- finish off: To complete the last part of something.
- in style: Fashionable; popular
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- positive: Showing agreement or support for something
- spot: A certain place or area
- reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
- ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
- arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
- require: To demand that someone does something
- premium: Having a higher than normal quality
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
- degree: Amount or extent of something
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- public: Owned by the government
- genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
- boutique: Small fashionable shop
- cocktail: Mixed alcoholic drink, containing spirit like gin
- trendy: In the latest style; up to the minute
- reinvent: To present something in a new and interesting way
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- graffiti: Writings and drawings on walls, often rude, funny
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
- partake: To have or take a share, e.g. of food
- keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
- safari: Tour to watch animals in their natural environment
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
- nestle: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
- dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- gorilla: Very large African ape, usually with dark fur
- arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
- anarchy: Political theory in which there is no government
- sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
- neighbourhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
- geographically: With respect to the earth and its natural features
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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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