Vocabulary
- break up
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- barely: Only just; just possible
- creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- mad: Very angry
- anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- giggle: To laugh in a childish or silly way
- action: Something that a person or thing does
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- maniac: Violent, mentally ill person
- wine: Dark red color
- shower: Device producing falling water for cleaning
- lineup: People arranged by police for identification
- plaid: Cloth with colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern
- suspenseful: Marked by anxious feelings caused by uncertainty
- camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
- beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
- math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
- softly: In a gentle or quiet manner
- uncontrollable: That cannot be controlled or prevented
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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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