Vocabulary
- reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- smart phone: A mobile phone with advanced computing capability and connectivity.
- phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
- have to: Must do
- get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
- stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- shift: To change in position or direction
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- vigilant: Being watchful; careful to monitor events
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- worthwhile: Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
- fully: Completely or entirely
- piece: A counter in a board game
- awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
- amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
- lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
- studio: Place for painting, broadcasting, etc.
- bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- prosthetic: Artificial
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
- global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
- regiment: Large military unit of soldiers
- mush: Something soft and wet and usually thick
- nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
- yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
- cellphone: Phone you can take with you everywhere
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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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