Vocabulary
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
- yard work: Outdoor tasks related to maintaining a yard or garden, such as mowing, weeding, and trimming.
- famous last words: An ironic comment made before something goes wrong.
- internet access: The ability to connect to the internet.
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
- venue: Place, area where an event is held or takes place
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- brew: A beer; a drink of beer
- factor: Something that influences a result
- stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
- fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
- boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
- troll: Ugly dwarf in fairy tales, e.g. with long hair
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- fictional: Including people and events that are not real
- millennium: Period of time that lasts one thousand years
- heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
- funky: Offbeat; fashionable
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
- march: To force someone to walk somewhere
- administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
- powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
- trek: Slow or difficult journey
- diesel: Heavy mineral oil used for power engines
- anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
- horn: Device that makes a loud warning noise
- groan: To make a deep sound from despair, pain etc.
- potion: Drink said to have a magic effect
- wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
- pro: Reason given in support of something
- add: To include as well
- dermatologist: Person who specializes in medical issues related to the skin
- citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
- wrath: (Literary) extreme and sometimes violent anger
- cheer: Feeling of happiness or optimism
- octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- yard: Unit of length equal to 3 feet or 91.44 cm
- truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
- warn: To tell someone about possible danger
- trilogy: Series of three connected works
- call: A order or request for action
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- comic: Person who stands on a stage and tells jokes
- crazy: Mentally ill; mad
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- harry: Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- cauldron: Large metal container used for cooking over a fire
- ready: Being likely or about to do something
- falcon: Fast-flying hunting bird
- hunk: An attractive man, e.g. with lots of muscles
- superhuman: Above or beyond human power or endurance
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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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