Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- shrink: To become smaller
- distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
- haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- leave: To go away from; depart
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- fur: Hairy coat of an animal
- specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
- electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- central: Being in the middle
- aggressively: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
- ambush: Act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
- speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
- coat: Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- chime: To make a musical, harmonious sound
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- highly: In a manner that shows approval
- hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
- downfall: Sudden loss of status/reputation/money
- brazil: Largest Latin American country and Largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
- meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
- beautiful: Having dome something well
- south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
- beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
- danger: The possibility of getting hurt, damaged, killed
- house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
- music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
- size: How big or small a thing is
- eat: To put food in your mouth
- spacey: (Of rooms) wide and roomy
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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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