Vocabulary
- look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
- health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- pop up: To appear suddenly.
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- got to: To arrive at some place
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
- casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
- recession: Act of moving backward gradually
- statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- foundation: Base or important starting point
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
- nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- sip: To drink just a little at a time
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
- comfy: In a position that feels just right
- celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- sterile: Completely clean; with no bacteria
- avenue
- wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- siren: Device that produces loud warning sounds; alarm
- choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- inclusion: Act of including; person, thing that is included
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- add: To include as well
- marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- downtown: Located in the business part of a town
- espresso: Strong black coffee made using steam pressure
- waterfront: Harbor or dockyard of city near the water
- cobblestone: Stone set in the ground to make a permanent road
- opera: A type of play that is sung with classical music
- latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
- latte: Espresso coffee filled up with hot milk
- cutter: A special tool used for cutting things
- pike: A type of fish
- ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
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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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