Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
- go on: To continue doing something
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- going on: To continue doing something
- write down: To record in writing
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- off of: From a position on something; down from.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- strike: To hit something
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
- naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
- furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- conscience: Ability to sense what is right or wrong
- inventory: List of items stored at a place
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
- refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- confess: To admit that you did something wrong
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- quit: To leave a job
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
- phony: Not genuine; fake
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- believe: To think or accept that something is true
- unit: One apartment in a building
- erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
- conversion: Switch from one thing (e.g. religion) to another
- pastor: Minister in charge of a Christian church or group
- homosexuality: Sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
- gay: Happy and bright
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
- victor: Person who wins a game or other competition
- baptist: Member of a Christian church using baptism
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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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