Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
- six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- in the back seat: Having a less active or secondary role; not in control.
- in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- awkward: Lacking smooth movement
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- dude: Form of address for a man
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- blow: To move something using air
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- sweat: To do an amount of hard work
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- bust: To arrest people involved in crime
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- revelation: Act of making something known or seen
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- shove: To roughly push someone or something away
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
- impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- cheek: The soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
- tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
- pulp: Soft, succulent part of a fruit
- hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
- enjoyable: Satisfying or pleasurable
- bean: Large seed eaten as a vegetable
- pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
- purposefully: In a determined manner
- gay: Happy and bright
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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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