Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- at least: As a minimum
- throw out: To make someone leave, because of bad behavior
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
- my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
- run against: To compete against someone in an election or contest.
- against you: In opposition to you.
- set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- like hell: Used to express strong disagreement or refusal.
- as follows: Used to introduce a list or explanation.
- in terms of
- down the road: At a future time; in the future.
- cash out: To count the sales at the end of a business day
- lay back: To recline or lie down in a relaxed manner.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- job: Something that must be done
- live: To be alive
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- pay: To give money for goods or work done
- small: Little in size; not big
- person: Man, woman or child
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- important: Having power or authority
- creditor: Person to whom money is owed
- sweeten: To offer extra to make someone agree to a thing
- timely: At the right time; when required
- skirt: To go around the edge of an area
- back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- higher: Farther above the ground
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- repeat: Action that is done again
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
- salad: Uncooked vegetables made into a dish
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- danger: The possibility of getting hurt, damaged, killed
- print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
- dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
- employer: Person or company that hires workers
- salary: Money an employee is paid each month
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- securely: In a confident and unselfconscious manner
- communicates: To give and exchange information
- forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
- tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
- arrange: To write music for a particular instrument
- navy: Very dark shade of blue
- employee: Person who works for someone else for payment
- moving: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
- growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
- submitting: To accept a superior force has power over you
- emphasize: To stress the items that are important
- investor: Person who spends money to help businesses grow
- flexible: Bending easily
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
- greedy: Wanting to have more of something than you need
- corporation: Big company or a combination of several companies
- editor: Person deciding the contents of a book or magazine
- expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
- dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
- intention: Aim or purpose
- internally: On or from the inside
- bubbly: Full of bubbles, like a soda
- compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
- bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
- foresee: To guess that a future thing will happen; predict
- fund: To supply money for something
- negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
- sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
- conclude: To finish or cause to finish; end
- accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
- incorporated: Organized and maintained as a legal corporation
- famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
- resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
- york: A city in North Yorkshire, England, known for its historical significance and York Minster.
- escobar: A surname of Spanish origin
- scum: Layer of unpleasant stuff forming on top of liquid
- vicki: A female given name, a diminutive of Victoria.
- delusional: Suffering false beliefs based on little evidence
- amelia: Congenital absence of an arm or leg
- bt: BT is an acronym
- gyro: Greek sandwich of sliced roast lamb in pita bread
- tahoe: A large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada.
- replication: Act of making more exact copies of itself
- dame: Title of respect given to a woman
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- outright: In a complete manner; totally
- phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
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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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