Vocabulary
- on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
- knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
- burn up: To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
- in half: Divided into two equal parts.
- blow down: To be knocked to the ground by the wind.
- jump out: To suddenly appear or move forward, often to surprise someone.
- give in: To submit work; hand in
- turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
- blow up: To suddenly become angry
- shoot out: A gunfight, especially one involving police and criminals.
- glass: Clear hard container used for drinking
- table: Diagram that shows data in rows and columns
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- small: Little in size; not big
- hat: Item of clothing worn on your head
- ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
- note: To notice or pay particular attention to something.
- tomato: Round soft red vegetable, fruit used in sauces
- cup: Small round container used for drinking
- sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- cake: To cover with a thing that becomes hard when dried
- close: Almost; near
- leaving: To go away from; depart
- balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
- bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
- drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
- win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
- cover: To record a different version of another song
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
- large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- touching: Arousing your sympathy; moving
- blow: To move something using air
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- fold: To bend one part of something against another
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- goat: Small animal with beard and horns
- knocking: To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
- warn: To tell someone about possible danger
- lip: Edge of a hole or container
- secretly: So that others don't know
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- cherry: Small, round fruit with a red or black skin
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- balance: Instrument for weighing things
- disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
- slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
- straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
- pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- equilateral: Math figure whose sides are all equal
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
- stack: A large number or amount of something
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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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