Vocabulary
- turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
- to the good: An advantage or credit that one has.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- have to: Must do
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- insecure: Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
- shrink: To become smaller
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- roam: To move about freely without a set destination
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
- rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
- come: To arrive at a place
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- smell: To have a particular odor
- ship: Large boat
- creek: Water channel that is smaller than a river
- candle: Stick of wax with a string you light to make light
- clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
- stone: Hard, solid piece of rock
- momma: A mother
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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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