Vocabulary
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
- do without: To manage without having or doing something
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- have to: Must do
- check out
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
- foundation: Base or important starting point
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
- buddy: Friend, usually male
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- quit: To leave a job
- skinny: Too thin; very lean
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- barn: Building on a farm where animals or crops are kept
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- gobble: To eat or swallow something quickly
- trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
- alike: Equally; applied equally to several people/things
- sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
- rooster: Adult male chicken
- turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
- cock: Adult male chicken
- online: Connected to the internet
- sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
- ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
- horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
- cow: Large farm animal from which we get milk and beef
- pizza: Round Italian food with cheese cooked in an oven
- storyline: The plot of a book or play or film
- pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
- doo: Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
- dong: Basic unit of money in Vietnam
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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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