Vocabulary
- such as: For example; like
- hang around: To spend time with someone
- by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- evolve: To develop certain features
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- tiny: Very, very small
- prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
- diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- lens: Structure in the eye or camera that focuses light
- breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
- propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
- range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- poison: To affect something in a very negative way
- feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- reptile: Animals such as snakes, lizards
- coral: Color that is a combination of pink and orange
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- venomous: Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
- bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
- pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
- paddle: Long stick with a flat end used to move a boat
- hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
- rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
- easily: Clearly; without doubt; certainly
- beak: Hard pointed parts of a bird's mouth; bill
- jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
- snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
- shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
- turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
- underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
- bon: Good
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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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