Vocabulary
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- going on: To continue doing something
- from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- draw conclusions: To make a judgment or form an opinion based on the information available.
- in bed with: Closely associated with someone, often secretly or unethically.
- such as: For example; like
- get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
- move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- have to: Must do
- well spoken: Speaking in a clear and effective way.
- in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
- absolutely amazing: Extremely good or impressive; causing great surprise or wonder.
- in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
- check out
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- material: Cloth; fabric
- constant: Happening frequently or without pause
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- current: Electricity flowing through wires
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
- dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- foundation: Base or important starting point
- appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- conclusion: End of something; finish
- swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
- transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
- immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
- regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
- animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- array: A regular order or arrangement of things
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- articulation: Shaping the sounds of speech to communicate
- overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- effortless: Requiring little or no work; easy
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- considerably: Quite a lot; to a large degree
- grammatically: Correctly; as expected in correct grammar
- standardize: To change to make everything the same level
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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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