Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
- get up to: To do something slightly naughty
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
- kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- conclude: To finish or cause to finish; end
- scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
- splendid: Very impressive and beautiful
- deaf: Not able to hear; hard of hearing
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- sterile: Completely clean; with no bacteria
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- cripple: To hurt and make useless
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- divorced: To legally end a marriage to (someone)
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- mischief: Damage; harm done on purpose
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- playful: Being fun or wanting to play
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
- ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
- read: Person's name
- lovely: Attractive or beautiful
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- comfortably: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- retard: To cause to move or proceed slowly
- auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
- bedtime: Time you go to bed
- gay: Happy and bright
- dale: Area of low land between hills or mountains
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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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