Vocabulary
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in the wind: Something likely to happen or be revealed soon.
- all along: From the beginning; all the time.
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- soil: Conditions in which something develops
- leave: To go away from; depart
- tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
- batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- bruise: To cause a dark mark in the flesh through injury
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- feather: One of the many light soft things on a bird's body
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- southern: Concerning a region in the south
- jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
- seed: A person's children; offspring
- dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
- ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
- search: To examine a person's clothing to find something
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- war: Situation where armies fight each other
- california: A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the rd largest state; known for earthquakes
- sunburn: Burning your skin by being in the sun too long
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- homeland: Country where you were born
- africa: Continent between the Atlantic and Indian oceans
- water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
- hillside: Side or slope of a hill
- winter: Time or season of idleness or decay
- farmland: Rural area where farming is practiced
- plainly: In a simple manner
- heather: Purple flower that grows on moors
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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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