Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- at school: Present and attending school.
- at the corner: Situated where two streets or edges meet at an angle.
- at the moment: At this time; now
- reduce to: To simplify or condense something.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- smooth out: To remove wrinkles or creases from something.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- check out
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- smooth: Moving without stops and starts
- consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
- corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- add: To include as well
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- rhythmic: Having a pattern of events and motions
- long: Person's name
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
- final: Last game in a series in a competition
- flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
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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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