Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- go on: To continue doing something
- at arm's length: At a distance that can be reached by extending the arm.
- meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
- away from home: Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- start over: To begin again.
- stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
- teach: To help someone learn or do something
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- teaching: To help someone learn or do something
- visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
- teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- close: Almost; near
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- person: Man, woman or child
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- madden: Person's name
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- diploma: Document certifying graduation
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
- airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
- low: Having a small quantity, supply, or amount
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- level: Specific height of something
- busy: Working hard doing something; full of activity
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
- market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- foreigner: Person who is from a different place or country
- sex: State of being male or female
- qualify: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- arrival: When someone or something gets to at a place
- monthly: Occurring about once every 4 weeks
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- public: Owned by the government
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
- attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
- require: To demand that someone does something
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
- terminal: End part of some structure or concept
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
- majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
- vast: Being very large in size or amount
- compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
- companionship: Good feeling from being with someone else
- exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
- insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
- instability: Condition of being changeable
- confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
- butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
- utter: To make a particular sound; speak
- quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
- obnoxious: Annoying or rude; offensive
- anime: A form of Japanese animation
- mandatory: Absolutely required; not optional
- genitalia: External sex organ
- incidence: The rate that something happens
- discard: To take a card out of your hand in a card game
- sumo: Japanese form of wrestling
- apathy: Feeling of indifference; not caring about anything
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- retard: To cause to move or proceed slowly
- graffiti: Writings and drawings on walls, often rude, funny
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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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