Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- as long as: For the period that; provided that.
- next to: Being located along side another
- down with: Suffering from an illness.
- on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
- due to: Because of; owing to
- past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- walking out of: To move away from a situation
- at least: As a minimum
- tv show: A television program.
- take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- go away: To go on vacation
- deal with
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- mom: A slang term for mother
- mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
- watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
- love: Person's name
- father: A male parent
- young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
- sit: To take an exam
- pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- happen: To take place or occur
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- kid: Child or young person
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- anymore: No longer; no more
- lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- fault: A failure or negative aspect of
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
- arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- weak: Not having a strong character
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- due: When something is required or expected
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
- personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
- loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
- gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
- diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
- cherish: To care a lot about or love someone or something
- casket: Box in which dead people are buried; coffin
- pancreatic: Do with the long gland, that is behind the stomach
- chemo: A treatment for cancer using chemicals.
- void: Empty feeling because nothing interests you
- cardiac: Concerning the heart
- grandma: Mother of your father or mother
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
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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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