Vocabulary
- on a plate: To receive something easily, without much effort.
- at school: Present and attending school.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- shit on: To criticize or treat someone unfairly.
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- going on: To continue doing something
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- staple: Main food of a particular community
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
- syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
- spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
- couple: To join something to something else
- dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
- soak: To make something completely wet
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
- empower: To give someone a power or ability
- pun: Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
- sip: To drink just a little at a time
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- gourmet: Person with a taste for good food and drink
- hesitation: Indecision or unwillingness to do something
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- greasy: Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- mad: Very angry
- spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
- container: An object that can be used to hold things
- shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
- frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
- pouch: Pocket; a folded area that holds something
- great: Very good; better than before
- seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
- paste: To move computer data from one page to another
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
- complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- ranch: Large farm, made mostly of land for raising cattle
- fry: To cook something in fat or oil
- microwave: Cooking appliance using electromagnetic waves
- marinate: To put food in sauce to add flavor before cooking
- energize: To give more energy and power to someone
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- bread: Money or earnings
- fruit: Result or product of something
- package: Box or container items are placed in for mailing
- meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
- love: Person's name
- kimchi: Korean spicy cabbage dish
- sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
- gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
- bean: Large seed eaten as a vegetable
- salad: Uncooked vegetables made into a dish
- cheese: Yellowish solid food made from aged milk
- egg: Hard-shelled thing from which a young bird is born
- pizza: Round Italian food with cheese cooked in an oven
- moi: (French) me
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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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