Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- at least: As a minimum
- carry out
- in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
- write in: To add text to a document or form.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- write down: To record in writing
- by heart: Learned or memorized perfectly.
- kill two birds with one stone : To accomplish two different things at the same time.
- in writing: Expressed or presented in written form, rather than spoken.
- english speaker: A person who speaks English.
- by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
- with just: Using only; with no more than.
- writing: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- part: Division of a book
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- read: Person's name
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- great: Very good; better than before
- important: Having power or authority
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- download: To transfer data from a computer or the internet
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- online: Connected to the internet
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- enter: To start a career or an education
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
- level: Specific height of something
- essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
- score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
- blog: To read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- session: Period of time used for a specific activity
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
- section: A part of a whole
- thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- official: Real, exact, truely felt
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- passage: Process of moving through time
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- graduated: To get a degree from school, college, university
- relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
- proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
- impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
- insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
- scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
- fund: To supply money for something
- idiomatic: Concerning idioms
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
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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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