Vocabulary
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- start off: To begin or commence something.
- have to: Must do
- got to: To arrive at some place
- without further ado: Without unnecessary delay or introduction; immediately.
- write down: To record in writing
- in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- except for: Not including; excluding.
- check out
- peace out: An informal way of saying goodbye.
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
- interpret: To express so that others understand it
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- annoying: To make someone angry
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
- plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- identical: The same in every way
- retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
- abbreviation: Shortened form of a word or phrase
- disgusting: Having a very bad taste
- recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- contradict: To say the opposite is so; say something different
- womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
- diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
- receipt: Act of receiving something
- queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
- creature: Animal of any type
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- century: Period of 100 years
- corpse: A dead body
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- usage: Amount something is used
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
- beard: Hair that grows on a man's face
- dizzy: Feeling light-headed and as if you might fall
- bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
- dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
- sword: A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
- farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
- cough: To suddenly expel air from the lungs
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- headache: Pain in the head
- trough: Long open container for feeding farm animals
- comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
- pony: Small young horse
- pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
- typhoid: Serious waterborne illness
- ye: Old word for 'you' in the plural
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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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