Vocabulary
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- out of reach: Cannot be touched as it is far away
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
- compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- viral: Of or caused by a virus
- overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
- predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
- innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
- resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
- reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
- belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
- enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- shatter: To break into small pieces
- inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
- propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- division: How many times a number is contained in another
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
- fill: To make something full
- great: Very good; better than before
- trust: To expect confidently
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- equality: Idea that all people have the same rights
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- overdue: Past the date you should do something
- unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
- stagger: To greatly surprise someone
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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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