Vocabulary
- eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- extreme: Very great in degree
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- toxic: Poisonous; harmful
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- huge: Very very large
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
- labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
- scrub: To clean with hard rubbing
- disgusting: Having a very bad taste
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
- abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
- stink: To smell terrible
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- hazardous: Involving danger, risk, and potential damages
- animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
- plight: Difficult situation
- violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- slavery: State or condition of being a slave
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
- tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
- slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
- return: To hit something back to the other player or team
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
- nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
- revere: To give someone great respect and loyalty
- underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
- latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
- deliverance: Being saved from danger
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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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