Vocabulary
- in the groove: Working smoothly and effectively; performing well.
- by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
- crucial: Extremely important or necessary
- interfere: To get involved in something not your business
- component: One of the parts that something is made up of
- absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
- precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- craft: To make by hand and with much skill
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- external: Concerning foreign countries
- cast: People who appear in a play or movie
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- stiff: Slang term for a dead body
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
- radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
- cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- digital: Using electronic signals or computers
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- frequency: Number of repetitions of (radio or sound) wave
- square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
- tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
- assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
- carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
- transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
- scrap: To fight with someone
- groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
- attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
- part: Division of a book
- vibration: Shaking motion
- mount: To attach something to something else
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- cradle: Small bed for a baby, with rockers and sides
- resin: Sticky substance that is produced by some trees
- retro: (Of fashion) repeating styles of the past
- full: Containing all the parts; complete
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- rim: Outer edge of something circular
- main: Most important; most often used
- cylindrical: Having the shape of a cylinder
- composite: Made of more than one different part
- platter: Large plate that holds several types of food
- clamp: Something used to fasten two things together
- taper: (Of e.g. streets) to become gradually narrower
- amplifier: Electronic equipment to increases signal strength
- stylus: Pointed tool for writing, incising or pressing
- protrude: To stick out from a surface
- chassis: Supporting frame of a structure, esp. a car
- acrylic: A chemical used to make clothes and paint
- encase: (Of hard thing) to surround or totally envelop
- computerize: To switch to a system that is run by computers
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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
A2 Elementary
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