Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- on the carpet: Called for a reprimand or formal criticism.
- crush on: To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- chill: State of being a little cold
- toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
- require: To demand that someone does something
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
- flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
- click: To work well with someone or something
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
- spooky: Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
- delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
- cinnamon: Sweet spice used in cooking or desserts
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- crisp: To make or become dry and crisp, as with heat
- modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
- taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- person: Man, woman or child
- sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- great: Very good; better than before
- spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- part: Division of a book
- ownership: State of having a legal right to possess something
- season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- humor: Quality that makes something funny
- bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
- universally: Applying to all people, times, places
- pumpkin: Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
- creamy: Resembling or containing cream
- cider: Alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit (apples)
- orgy: Wild party with a lot of drinking/sexual activity
- plaid: Cloth with colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern
- dew: Drops of water forming on cool surfaces at night
- scarecrow: Figure in the shape of a human to frighten birds
- crackle: To make sharp repeated noises, like a fire burning
- macabre: Suggesting death or violence in a weird way
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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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