Vocabulary
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- pass by: To go past someone or something.
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- pretty solid: Quite strong, reliable, or convincing.
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- perceive: To notice or become aware of something
- perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- spontaneous: Happening on its own, without anyone helping it
- solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
- amount: Quantity of something
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
- decade: Period of 10 years
- theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- afford: To make available, to provide
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- novelty: Items that are unusual, interesting, or unique
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- infinite: Being very large in amount
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
- neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- fully: Completely or entirely
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
- blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
- last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
- merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
- passively: So as to quietly accept what happens
- unlimited: Being free from limits, restrictions or rules
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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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