Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- have to: Must do
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- in the process of: During the course of; while something is happening or being done.
- after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
- black and white
- around the corner: Very near; close by.
- move to: To change the place where you live or work.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- test out: To try something (such as a new product) to see whether it works properly or is appealing
- few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
- eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- interact: To talk or do things with each other
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
- distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- vision: Ability to see; eyesight
- click: To work well with someone or something
- doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
- string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- resolve: To make a decision to do something
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
- surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- quirk: Strange aspect (of nature); strange habit
- optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
- archive: To store things such as historical records
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- malicious: Intending to harm or hurt someone
- halfway: A middle point between two extremes
- differentiate: To see or show how things are not the same
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- found: To become aware of something that is happening
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- perceptual: Relating to immediate sensory experience
- distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
- datum: Item of factual information
- automate: To make automatic by using machines
- inventive: Having the ability to think up/create new things
- warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
- robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
- cursor: Mark showing where the mouse is on computer screen
- online: Connected to the internet
- famously: In a manner or to an extent that is well known
- yahoo: Person who is not very intelligent or cultured
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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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