Vocabulary
- back then: At that time in the past.
- accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- invest: To use resources to build for the future
- apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- act: To behave in a certain way
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- contribution: Helping a cause by giving money, things, services
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- plant: Factory or a place where things are made
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- senior: Person who has usually reached a specific old age
- recover: To return to a prior normal condition
- seed: A person's children; offspring
- teenage: Being of the age 13 through 19
- candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
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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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