Vocabulary
- at last: Finally; after a long delay.
- walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
- join in
- go on: To continue doing something
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- have to: Must do
- from hell: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or difficult.
- go away: To go on vacation
- in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- walk alone: To walk without company; to walk by oneself.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- without me: Not including me; excluding me.
- goes to show: To demonstrate or prove something.
- live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
- wash away: To remove something by the action of water.
- at rest: Not moving or being used.
- fall upon: To attack someone or something suddenly and violently.
- in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
- look upon: To consider or regard in a particular way.
- presence of mind: The ability to remain calm and take quick, sensible action in a difficult situation.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- clear out: To empty things out of a place
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- run with: To take and work with an idea, plan as your own
- give in: To submit work; hand in
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- wipe out: To destroy or be destroyed
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- fly apart: To break or separate suddenly into pieces.
- way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- upper crust: The highest social class; the elite.
- in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
- at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
- in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- look down on: To show you think others are not as good as you
- walk behind: To walk closely following someone or something behind.
- stand with: To support or defend someone or something.
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- rain: Drops of water that fall out of clouds in the sky
- live: To be alive
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- night: Time when sun does not shine
- love: Person's name
- home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- sing: To make musical sounds with your voice
- dear: Loved or valued very much
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- tomorrow: The time that is to come; the future
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- pray: To speak to your god to request help
- prayer: Words spoken to your god for help
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- forgive: To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
- law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
- thief: Person who steals something
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
- spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
- pup: Very young dog (and some other animals)
- peace: Calm and quiet state
- shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
- warn: To tell someone about possible danger
- wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
- grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
- wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- dawn: First light of day
- harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
- revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
- bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- flame: To glow
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- bare: Lacking contents; empty
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- devil: A spirit said to be evil
- distant: Unfriendly; cold
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- weep: To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
- mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
- barricade: Objects (on a road) to stop people getting past
- blessed: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
- papa: Another word for father
- fret: To worry about something in a nervous way
- thy: An old-fashioned word for your
- pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
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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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