Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- come up to: To meet expectations
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- dude: Form of address for a man
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
- ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- couple: To join something to something else
- torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
- extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
- honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
- comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
- hell: Any place of pain and suffering
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- row: To move a boat using oars
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- comedian: An entertainer whose job is to make people laugh
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- ignorant: Lacking knowledge, awareness or information
- person: Man, woman or child
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- tattoo: Permanent ink drawing on a person's skin
- bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
- restroom: Toilet; bathroom
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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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