Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- such as: For example; like
- best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
- hardened criminals: Criminals who are habitual offenders and are unlikely to be reformed.
- due to: Because of; owing to
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- compete in: To take part in a contest or competition.
- black and white
- come down to: To become in the end a matter of
- in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
- of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
- housing: To give someone a place to live
- restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
- hardened: To make or become hard or firm
- milking: To take white liquid from a cow, goat etc. to drink
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- farming: To use land for raising plants or animals for food
- dining: To eat
- tennis: Game played by hitting a ball over a net
- leave: To go away from; depart
- toilet: Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- war: Situation where armies fight each other
- indoor: Located, done, or used inside a building
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- shuts: To stop being open for business
- playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
- furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
- winner: Person or thing that wins a contest or race
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- locate: To find exactly where something is positioned
- maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- stripe: Strip of alternating color in straight lines
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- prisoner: Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime
- tiniest: The smallest
- flooding: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
- bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
- block: Solid piece of material used for building
- guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- ecological: Concerning the environment, plants, or animals
- agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
- interfere: To get involved in something not your business
- sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
- stool: Single seat without support for the arms or back
- timer: Device measure the amount of time that has gone by
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
- construct: To build or create something
- domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
- progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
- concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
- elect: To select someone for a position by voting
- convict: Person in prison
- minimizing: To make something seem small or less important
- undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
- continually: Constantly; all the time
- allied: Related by a common purpose or characteristic
- notable: Being famous or well-known
- resolve: To make a decision to do something
- scenic: Having beautiful scenery
- spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
- cutlery: Tableware implements for cutting and eating food
- deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
- resemblance: Being similar in appearance
- inmate: Person who lives somewhere, especially in jail
- correctional: Concerned with or providing correction
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- federal: Consisting of several united states
- charitable: Concerning helping people who are sick or poor
- poker: Fire iron used to stir a fire
- criticize: To assess the work of others
- shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
- rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
- abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
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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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