Vocabulary
- keep your eyes peeled: Be watchful and alert for something specific.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- make contact with: To initiate communication with someone.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- at a distance: Far away; not close.
- check out
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
- word: Unit of language that has a meaning
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- verb: Word that expresses an action or state
- American: Person from the USA
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- noun: The subject or object of a sentence
- jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
- eye: The part of the body that you see with
- peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
- consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
- national: Concerning a nation as a whole
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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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