Vocabulary
- in part: To some extent; partially.
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
- have to: Must do
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
- break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
- play games: To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
- soldier on: To continue despite suffering
- tuned to: To adjust a radio receiver to the frequency of a particular station.
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- living: To be alive
- business: A company formed for making profit
- ask: To say to someone that you want something
- small: Little in size; not big
- room: All of the people inside a particular room
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- model: Being an excellent example of
- software: Computer applications and systems
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- main: Most important; most often used
- copy: A counter for items that are the same
- enter: To start a career or an education
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- spare: To make (money or time) available for
- friendly: Acting like a friend; kind and helpful
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- license: To give official permission to do something
- area: Amount of measured space
- machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- hardware: Physical parts of a computer, machine or device
- cancel: To end a legal, business, or other agreement
- unsuccessful: Not achieving your goal or finding success
- accompany: To play music with someone
- soldier: Person working in an army to fight
- refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
- bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
- entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- financial: Involving money
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- manufacturing: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- royalty: Members of a royal family
- manufacturer: Group or company that makes a certain product
- honour: To fulfill an agreement
- agreement: Sharing the same opinion or reach a decision
- attachment: Act of connecting one thing to another
- cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- witnessed: To see the signing of an official document
- threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
- tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
- beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
- profit: Benefit from doing something
- device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
- developer: Someone who develops real estate
- burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
- pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
- console: To make someone feel better in times of distress
- exec: Shortened form of 'executive'
- hindsight: Understanding the nature of an event afterwards
- reliant: Depending on another for support
- apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
- unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
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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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