Vocabulary
- cling to: To hold onto something tightly, often for support or safety.
- consists of: Is made up or composed of.
- move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- at least: As a minimum
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- going on: To continue doing something
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- perceive: To notice or become aware of something
- overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
- illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- constant: Happening frequently or without pause
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
- tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
- prestige: High respect and status, as from being successful
- theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- endless: Having or appearing to have no end
- spooky: Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
- tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- tick: To function properly or normally
- auditory: Of the process of hearing
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
- pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- own: To have something as your property
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- great: Very good; better than before
- infinity: State of being without end; endless time, space
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- business: A company formed for making profit
- orchestra: Large group who perform instrumental music
- legendary: Being a very famous sports player, actor etc.
- compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
- ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
- interstellar: Being in the space between stars or star systems
- screenplay: Movie script that includes movement and speech
- barber: Person whose job is to cut men's hair, shave them
- soundtrack: The songs connected to a movie
- knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
- octave: Range of notes in an 8-note musical scale
- bass: Type of fish
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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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