Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- going on: To continue doing something
- fishing for: Currently trying to get attention or praise from other people.
- take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- financial: Involving money
- definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- afford: To make available, to provide
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- stack: A large number or amount of something
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- invest: To use resources to build for the future
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- additional: Further or added
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- important: Having power or authority
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- great: Very good; better than before
- quit: To leave a job
- heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
- fishy: Strange; suspicious; probably untrue
- headache: Pain in the head
- actionable: Something you can act on
- analytic: Of the process of detailed reasoning
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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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