Vocabulary
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- pare down: To reduce something in size or number.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- stave off: To keep something away; To repel
- in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
- meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- keep handy: To keep something easily accessible and available for use.
- breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
- have to: Must do
- on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
- tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
- sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
- surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
- appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
- anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
- hectic: (Of time, activity) very busy; full of activity
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
- shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
- spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
- relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
- mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
- progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
- handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- euphoria: Extreme happiness, sometimes more than reasonable
- relieve: To make less boring by making some change
- mantra: Repeated expression, as in Hindu/Buddhist prayers
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
- tummy: Stomach or belly
- scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
- soothe: To relieve something, like pain
- burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- let: To allow someone to do something
- warm: To become more friendly or to like something
- chatter: To talk a lot in a casual manner
- up: To act suddenly and unexpectedly
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- stave: Wooden post used in structures and buildings
- yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
- yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
- doggy: Word for dog used by and to children
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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
A2 Elementary
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