Vocabulary
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- per year: For each year; annually.
- in total: Completely; with everything added together.
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
- on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- variety: Particular type of thing or person
- recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
- climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- mature: Behaving like an adult
- belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
- region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
- facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- breed: Kind of / sort of
- extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
- produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
- delicacy: Something pleasing because of its good taste
- leave: To go away from; depart
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
- brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- land: Region or country
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- pearl: Person's name
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- caviar: Delicacy food that consists of fish eggs
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- fishy: Strange; suspicious; probably untrue
- resin: Sticky substance that is produced by some trees
- differ: To be different; to be not like others
- cutlery: Tableware implements for cutting and eating food
- creamy: Resembling or containing cream
- northern: In or toward the north
- grate: To shred food into very small pieces
- nutty: Containing nuts, or having the taste of nuts
- extraction: Process of taking something out of something else
- sterling: Of very strong, true character; very reliable
- sac: Bag-like part of an animal or plant
- sturgeon: Large primitive fish valued for its flesh
- outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building
- indoor: Located, done, or used inside a building
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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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