Vocabulary
- to order: To give an instruction or command.
- my personal favorite: Something that I like more than other things.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- like fun: Very fast or with great effort or enthusiasm.
- as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- have to: Must do
- awkward: Lacking smooth movement
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
- credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- bob: To move up and down repeatedly
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- trusty: Worthy of trust or belief
- pink: Color made by mixing red and white
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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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