Vocabulary
- play around: To cheat on your partner romantically
- jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
- in your face: Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- dumb: Senseless; stupid
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
- alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
- lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
- kill: To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
- stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
- park: Person's name
- ecstasy: State of overwhelming happiness; joy
- ark: Thing that affords protection or safety
- mist: Light water droplets in air, so you can't see well
- enlist: To obtain support from someone
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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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