Vocabulary
- pulled off: To manage to succeed
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- on the rocks: Served with ice cubes.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- do the right thing: To behave in a morally correct or proper way.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- all along: From the beginning; all the time.
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- dad: Another word for father
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- wait: To delay or not do something until later
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- finish: To use or consume all of something
- family: Close group of people or organizations
- talk: Style of speaking
- station: (Army) to be posted to a place to perform duties
- send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
- invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
- teach: To help someone learn or do something
- letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
- stole: To move quietly or secretly to or from a place
- mad: Very angry
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- shut: To stop being open for business
- post: To send a letter or package using stamps
- blonde: Having hair of pale yellow color; of such hair
- champagne: French sparkling drink used for celebrations
- own: To have something as your property
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- worried: Feeling troubled or concerned
- ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- reception: Front desk area of an organization or building
- exploding: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
- amused: Feeling happy because someone made you laugh
- power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
- graduation: Getting your academic degree or certificate
- rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
- refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
- wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
- broad: General; not detailed
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
- damage: Physical harm that is done to something
- poison: To affect something in a very negative way
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- strength: Condition of being strong
- spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- vodka: Alcoholic spirit distilled from potatoes, etc.
- virginity: Condition of never having had sex
- awe: To feel admiration, respect, or fear
- tape: To record some sounds using an electric device
- hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
- hoodie: A cotton sweatshirt with a hood
- surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
- screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
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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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