Vocabulary
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- touch on: To briefly discuss
- on time
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
- start in: To begin a job or activity.
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- off base: Significantly incorrect; misguided.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- throw it back: To return or toss something back quickly.
- right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- have to: Must do
- from the first: From the very beginning.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- under budget: Having cost less than the amount that was budgeted.
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- go: To attend or be at a place
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- current: Electricity flowing through wires
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- answer: To reply to a question someone asks
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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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