Vocabulary
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- goes well: To happen in the way desired
- at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- in half: Divided into two equal parts.
- in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
- once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
- vast: Being very large in size or amount
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- spot: A certain place or area
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- annoying: To make someone angry
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- steer: A cow
- switch: A change or shift from one method to another
- mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
- accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- lounge: Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- fully: Completely or entirely
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- cumulative: Getting larger slowly through more additions
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
- subsidize: To aid, assist, or help pay a cost or price
- transit: System of transportation, often in a city
- relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
- transport: Very strong uncontrollable emotion, e.g. delight
- dismal: Bad in a sad and depressing way
- automate: To make automatic by using machines
- robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
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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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