Vocabulary
- fire up: To motivate or encourage someone
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- front and back: On both the front and rear surfaces.
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- lock down: To secure a building or area to prevent entry or exit.
- break out
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- plug up: To block something by filling it with something else.
- hop into: To quickly get into a vehicle.
- blast away: To destroy something completely with explosives or gunfire.
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- cuddle: To hold in your arms to show love or care for
- annoying: To make someone angry
- crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
- cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
- chill: State of being a little cold
- blast: To attack someone with words
- excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
- fabric: Cloth or material
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
- rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
- couple: To join something to something else
- starch: Substance in food changed to energy in the body
- mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
- reap: To harvest or to cut and collect crops
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- soggy: Unpleasantly wet
- utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
- buck: To resist or go against the trend
- maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
- blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
- spray: To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
- hop: Dance party
- slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
- mighty: Having great strength or great size
- fill: To make something full
- shut: To stop being open for business
- closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
- thermostat: Instrument that controls temperature in buildings
- heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- broom: Brush with a long handle, used for cleaning
- bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
- tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- shovel: Long tool used for digging; type of spade
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- ambient: Of or in the surrounding area or air
- add: To include as well
- warm: To become more friendly or to like something
- hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
- cube: Solid object that has six square sides
- furnace: Container with hot fire for melting metal, etc.
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
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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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