Vocabulary
- take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- chase after: To try hard to get something/achieve a dream, etc.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- spike: The top point in a graph
- obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
- slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- deep: Complex and important
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- management: People who are in control of a business or group
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- trust: To expect confidently
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- rail: To complain or object forcefully
- banish: To send someone away, often as punishment
- mode: Fashion and design
- jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
- forgive: To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
- put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
- wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
- listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
- power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
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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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