Vocabulary
- english speaker: A person who speaks English.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- order in: To request food from a restaurant to be delivered to one's home or other location.
- to order: To give an instruction or command.
- talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
- on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
- clock in: To record the time of one's arrival at work, typically using a time clock.
- get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
- speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- work up to: To gradually increase effort or level until reaching a goal.
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- have to: Must do
- by day: During the daytime; not at night.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
- casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
- polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
- idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- click: To work well with someone or something
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- fluently: In an able and easy manner
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- stressful: Worrying; causing tension
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- business: A company formed for making profit
- nervousness: Feeling of uneasiness or anxiety about something
- amazingly: In a surprising and pleasing manner
- whoo: Sound people make when they are surprised
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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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