Vocabulary
- much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
- have to: Must do
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
- of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
- slip up: To make a mistake
- going on: To continue doing something
- for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- check out
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- bizarre: Odd or strange
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- solitary: Done alone; spending a lot of time alone
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- afford: To make available, to provide
- innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
- syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
- consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
- notorious: Being famous or publicly known for something bad
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
- favor: Support or approval from people
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
- agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
- flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
- infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
- slight: Small (amount, quality)
- adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
- pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- fairy: Small imaginary being that can do magic
- overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- own: To have something as your property
- mumble: Speech that is not clear enough or loud enough
- palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
- vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
- phony: Not genuine; fake
- part: Division of a book
- dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
- atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
- psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- believe: To think or accept that something is true
- live: To be alive
- heir: Person to receive power or money when someone dies
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- report: Account of the necessary facts and information
- tangle: To involve in troubles that are hard to escape
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
- lax: Not careful about your work or attitudes; sloppy
- barefoot: (Walking) without shoes
- mid: At (or near) the middle point
- inflection: Change in a person's voice when talking
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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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