Vocabulary
- in the post: Sent by mail or postal service.
- in management: Employed in a managerial role or department.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- at least: As a minimum
- lead on: To encourage someone to believe something that is not true.
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- think outside the box: To think creatively and differently from usual ideas.
- outside the box: Thinking in a new and creative way.
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- such as: For example; like
- lead to: To result in some action
- at a premium: At a high price or great value; scarce and desirable.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- closer to home: Nearer to one's place of residence or origin.
- back then: At that time in the past.
- ahead of the curve: Being more advanced or knowledgeable than others.
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
- concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
- property: Particular quality that someone or something has
- firm: Company that sells goods or services
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
- autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- paradigm: A set of ideas for understanding or explaining
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
- require: To demand that someone does something
- remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
- retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- flexible: Bending easily
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- gender: State of being male or female
- competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
- ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
- talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
- urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
- revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- hybrid: Formed from combining different things
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- business: A company formed for making profit
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
- wellness: State of being happy, healthy or prosperous
- multinational: Involving many countries
- segregate: To separate people by skin color, sex or religion
- redesign: To change the design or style of something
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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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