Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- screw up: Spoken to make a big mistake
- set up
- from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
- in theaters: Currently showing at movie theaters.
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
- barely: Only just; just possible
- necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
- scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
- hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- value: Importance you attach to something
- incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- click: To work well with someone or something
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
- hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
- overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
- argue: To fight or disagree over something
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
- trustworthy: Honest and reliable
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
- great: Very good; better than before
- convict: Person in prison
- jewelry: Necklace, ring, etc., often made of gold, etc.
- disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- rob: Person's name
- live: To be alive
- ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
- anymore: No longer; no more
- boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
- interviewer: A person who asks questions to obtain information
- incarcerate: To put in prison; to jail someone
- gala: A big party, as for a public celebration
- gay: Happy and bright
- unnamed: Being or having an unknown or unnamed source
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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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