Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- out to lunch: Not paying attention; unaware of what is happening.
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- have to: Must do
- left out: To forget; omit
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
- material: Cloth; fabric
- toxic: Poisonous; harmful
- chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
- rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
- tiny: Very, very small
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- pigment: Substance that makes things have a certain color
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
- soak: To make something completely wet
- analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
- source: Piece of information; a person giving information
- vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
- leave: To go away from; depart
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
- medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- particle: Adverb or preposition that joins with a verb
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
- bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
- collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- cactus: Fleshy spiky plant that grows in hot, dry areas
- picture: General situation or state of being
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- lifetime: The time between birth and death
- resin: Sticky substance that is produced by some trees
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- emerald: Green-colored gemstone
- restoration: Renewing/repairing building to its original state
- oak: Hard, tough wood taken from an oak tree
- dragon: Imaginary creatures that breathe fire
- arsenic: Strong poison used as insecticide, etc.
- unusually: To an uncommon degree or extent
- mango: Tropical fruit with yellow flesh and a big stone
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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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