Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
- in tune: Agreeing in pitch; agreeing in opinion
- have to: Must do
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- performance: Act of doing something
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
- asthma: Lung illness causing difficulty in breathing
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
- breath: Air you take in and out of your body
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- theater: Place where plays or movies are seen
- battle: Military fight between armies
- lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- forgive: To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
- vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
- heavily: In a slow, loud manner
- shower: Device producing falling water for cleaning
- terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
- cystic: Being of the bladder
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
- birthplace: Place where someone was born
- auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
- responder: Someone who responds to an emergency call
- motorbike: Motorcycle; vehicle with two wheels and an engine
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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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