Vocabulary
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- authority: The power to give orders to people
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
- huge: Very very large
- storm: To act violently or angrily
- dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
- ceremony: Special social or religious event
- container: An object that can be used to hold things
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- vest: US sleeveless garment worn under a coat; waistcoat
- symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
- watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- today: This day; day that is happening now
- join: To bring something close to another, to become one
- art: Creative skill using the imagination e.g. painting
- husband: Married man
- big: Popular
- wife: Married woman
- kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
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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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