Vocabulary
- show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
- from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
- break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
- going on: To continue doing something
- for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- telly: Shortened form of 'television'
- woman: Adult female human being
- clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
- noise: Loud sounds that cause discomfort or annoyance
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
- face: To cover a surface with something like paint
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- big: Popular
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
- national: Concerning a nation as a whole
- terrible: Very bad; horrible
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- special: Being additional or extra
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
- criminal: Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- importance: Being important; having a big effect on
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- slapping: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
- liar: Person who tells lies
- desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- God: Someone admired because they are famous or good
- naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
- alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
- hound: Dog
- gigantic: Extremely large
- topple: To cause a government/leader to be overthrown
- everytime: On every occasion
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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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