Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- second nature: A behavior that has become automatic or habitual.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- other than: Except for; apart from.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- advanced level: A high or complex stage of learning or skill.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- bad: Not good; wrong
- holiday: Day when people don't go to work or school
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- student: Person studying at school
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
- weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- evening: To make something level; to flatten
- sad: Unhappy; wishing something hadn't happened
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- lazy: Not liking to work or make an effort; idle
- song: Distinctive series of sounds made by a bird
- quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
- descriptive: Telling what something is like or looks like
- meeting: To provide something that is necessary
- pleasant: Causing a good feeling
- detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
- cap: Covering for the end or top of something
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- relax: To calm or quiet yourself, or stop worrying
- professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- powerful: Having control or influence over
- intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
- replace: To use instead of something else
- exhausting: To emit gas from the back of a car
- freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
- tasty: Good tasting; having a lot of flavor
- stressful: Worrying; causing tension
- enjoyable: Satisfying or pleasurable
- energetic: Possessing, exerting or displaying energy
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
- submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
- speaking: To be able to use a certain language
- subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- delightful: Greatly pleasing or entertaining
- impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
- productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
- participate: To take part with others in doing something
- resource: Something that can be used profitably; asset
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- tremendous: Very good or very impressive
- problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
- vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
- intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
- informative: Giving a lot of information
- traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
- trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
- overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- loo: Toilet, or a room that contains a toilet
- proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
- Arctic: The regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
- automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
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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
A2 Elementary
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