Vocabulary
- hold over: To postpone; delay.
- speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- vast: Being very large in size or amount
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
- insight: Power to understand people and things very well
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- immense: Very great in size or amount
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- huge: Very very large
- astronaut: Person who travels in space
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
- imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- land: Region or country
- possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
- possibility: Something with a chance of happening or being true
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- technical: Complex; difficult to understand
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- fable: Very old (children's) story with a moral lesson
- come: To arrive at a place
- rover: Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
- daunt: To make someone feel less courageous or confident
- musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
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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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