Vocabulary
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- up until now: Until the present time; so far.
- have to: Must do
- plug in
- in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in addition to: Besides; as well as
- on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
- down with: Suffering from an illness.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
- huge: Very very large
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- contain: To keep something from spreading
- couple: To join something to something else
- application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
- target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
- digital: Using electronic signals or computers
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- important: Having power or authority
- sync: Short for 'synchronization'
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- great: Very good; better than before
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- bloated: To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
- retrospect: A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
- turnaround: Unloading/loading/servicing plane for return trip
- flack: Slick press agent who spins a story to advantage
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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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