Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- first off: To begin with; firstly.
- defect to: To abandon one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one.
- steal the show: To receive more attention than anyone else in a performance or event because you give the best performance.
- have on: To be wearing something.
- in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
- see through: To realize the truth about
- run amok: To behave uncontrollably and disruptively.
- in the presence of: While someone or something else is present.
- run ahead: To move forward or go in front of others quickly.
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
- for the record: Said to ensure something is officially noted or remembered.
- check out
- disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
- retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
- performance: Act of doing something
- deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
- infamous: Famous because of something bad
- role: Character played by an actor
- potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
- ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
- noble: Being admirable and honorable in character
- smash: Accident involving vehicles
- excel: To perform an activity better than others
- notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)
- british: Concerning the culture and people of British
- foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
- copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
- chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
- act: To behave in a certain way
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
- ruthless: Not considering the feelings or health of others
- rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
- range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
- physician: A medical doctor
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
- dictator: Ruler who decides everything, and enforces it
- pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
- charming: Being very likable; attractive
- adolescent: Teenager developing into an adult
- pinnacle: Highest point of success, power, fame, etc.
- professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- assassin: Person who kills a public figure
- psychopath: Violent, mentally disturbed person
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
- lace: To add an amount of liquor to a food or drink
- actor: Person who acts in the theater, movies, or TV
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- monstrous: Abnormally large or bad
- festive: Colorful, exciting or joyous, as for a celebration
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- prequel: A story, or movie that comes before another one
- shameless: Without shame; determined to go ahead, whatever
- star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
- pitiful: Inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- eve: The time just before something happens
- scottish: Concerning the culture and people of Scotland
- eye: The part of the body that you see with
- amok: Frenzied as if possessed by a demon
- atonement: Action that shows that you are sorry for something
- wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict
- archetypal: Being a good or perfect example of something
- octane: Hydrocarbon found in petroleum, used e.g. as fuel
- freeman: Someone who is not a slave
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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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