Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- get at: To criticize someone, often personally
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- family man: A man who is devoted to his family and considers their needs to be very important.
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
- pop out: To go out somewhere quickly and briefly.
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- lead to: To result in some action
- awkward: Lacking smooth movement
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- strike: To hit something
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
- topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
- respond: To answer something or someone
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- important: Having power or authority
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- great: Very good; better than before
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
- chess: Game of mental strategy for two players
- bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
- excellence: Extremely high quality
- thump: Sound produced by a heavy blow; the blow
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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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