Vocabulary
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- thankful for: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- at least: As a minimum
- at school: Present and attending school.
- right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
- up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- on God: Used to solemnly swear or emphasize truthfulness.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- live: To be alive
- wife: Married woman
- bored: To make a deep hole in the ground with a drill
- happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
- ball: Large dance where people dress formally
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- married: To become the husband or wife of someone
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- wish: To want something to happen or to become true
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- soul: Central or basic part of something
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- special: Being additional or extra
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- soccer: Sport where players try to kick a ball into a net
- cooler: More cool than
- truth: Real facts about something
- happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- smile: To put up the corners of mouth to show happiness
- depressed: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- disabled: Not able perform full movement or actions
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
- miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
- heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
- popularity: State of being liked or supported by many people
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- drown: To kill something by putting it under water
- commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
- suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
- poverty: State of being poor
- bent: To become curved or no longer straight
- grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- thankful: Feeling or showing you are grateful
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
- sprain: To cause an injury to a joint in the body
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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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Elaine posted on 2014/01/14Get ready for an incredibly inspiring story from Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs! You'll hear his powerful testimony about overcoming depression and finding hope, all while picking up simple sentence structures and learning about cultural depth. This is a fantastic chance to boost your English and gain some serious life motivation!
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