Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- average up: To increase the average cost of holdings by buying at higher prices.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
- such as: For example; like
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
- suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- in conclusion: Used to indicate a summary or final point.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
- scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- intuitive: Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
- accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
- experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
- consumption: The act of buying and using products
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- typical: Normal; usual; expected
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- survey: Broad view or general description of something
- option: A choice
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
- participate: To take part with others in doing something
- leave: To go away from; depart
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
- vantage: (usually vantage point) A place or position affording a good view of something
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- person: Man, woman or child
- simulation: A copying method to study the real world
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
- disappointment: Feeling or state of not being satisfied
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- disproportionately: To too great a degree when compared to something
- guy: Man; boy; any person
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- datum: Item of factual information
- gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
- statistically: With respect to statistics
- friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
- dashboard: Console of a car or vehicle
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- generalization: Making a statement about a group from limited data
- musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
- skew: To affect data making them incorrect or inaccurate
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
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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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