Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- catch on: To become popular; start to be used
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- tiny: Very, very small
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- blow: To move something using air
- technically: In an exact and particular manner
- wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- accuracy: Being exactly right; correctness
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- century: Period of 100 years
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- important: Having power or authority
- dim: Not bright; not being clear
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
- solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
- discover: To find something new that was not known before
- gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
- dwarf: Person of short stature, due to medical condition
- desolate: To destroy a place
- telescope: Tube-shaped device used to see a great distance
- cheeky: Daring to be slightly rude, but in a funny way
- composer: Person who writes music
- spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
- astronomer: Scientist studying stars and other bodies in space
- anymore: No longer; no more
- indistinctly: In a way not easy to hear, see or define
- underworld: Criminals as a group
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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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