Vocabulary
- in under: Located inside and beneath something.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
- set up
- beat up: To hurt someone badly by hitting and punching
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- daddy: Another word for father
- plane: An airplane
- fish: Animal that swims and lives in water
- game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
- knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
- pizza: Round Italian food with cheese cooked in an oven
- ran: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
- dad: Another word for father
- plant: Factory or a place where things are made
- hair: Long thin strands growing on your head or body
- pay: To give money for goods or work done
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- prize: Something won in a contest or given as an award
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
- monkey: An animal related to humans, which lives in trees
- jump: To attack someone suddenly
- win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
- singer: Person who sings, often as a profession
- wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- competition: Fighting against others to win something
- call: A order or request for action
- oil: A liquid used for frying foods
- fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- herbal: Being made of small plants used for food, medicine
- smell: To have a particular odor
- handsome: A large amount or quantity
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- festival: Cultural event with a program of events
- arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- land: Region or country
- recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
- transport: Very strong uncontrollable emotion, e.g. delight
- safely: Out of danger
- bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
- sword: A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
- genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
- prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
- cardboard: Lightweight paper board
- fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
- manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
- conduct: Your behavior
- marathon: Lasting for a long time
- editor: Person deciding the contents of a book or magazine
- mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
- elect: To select someone for a position by voting
- bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- astronaut: Person who travels in space
- retrieve: To find and bring in animals during a hunt
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- bbq: Food cooked on a barbecue
- cutout: Switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload; a photograph from which the background has been cut away; a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out
- nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
- telekinesis: Power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
- fireman: Male firefighter
- kraken: A huge sea monster in Norwegian legend.
- butler: Senior male servant in a household
- choreograph: To arrange the movements of dances and dancers
- claw: Long, sharp, and usually curved nail of an animal
- teleport: To transport through dematerialization
- cosplay: The practice of dressing up as a character from a work of fiction (such as a manga, anime, video game, or comic book).
- kidnap: To take someone and demand money to return them
- engineered: Designed by an engineer
- ransom: Money demanded for the release of a prisoner
- rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
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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
A2 Elementary
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