Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- give in: To submit work; hand in
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- got to: To arrive at some place
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- other than: Except for; apart from.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
- ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
- apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
- endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
- suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
- blast: To attack someone with words
- huge: Very very large
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
- insanity: Mentally ill, unable to act normally
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
- leave: To go away from; depart
- futuristic: Concerning futurism
- destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
- council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- comedian: An entertainer whose job is to make people laugh
- piece: A counter in a board game
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- point: An item to be discussed
- shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- concoction: Something combining different ingredients, parts
- interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- elevate: To make something higher
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- patriotic: Having a great love for your country
- happen: To take place or occur
- barbaric: Uncivilized; cruel and wild
- anus: Opening in the body from which solid waste passes
- fella: Way of spelling 'fellows'
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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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