Vocabulary
- bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- for long: For a considerable period of time.
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- at least: As a minimum
- pretty solid: Quite strong, reliable, or convincing.
- oral hygiene: The practice of keeping the mouth and teeth clean to prevent dental problems.
- six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
- drink in: To absorb or take in something with great enjoyment.
- in moderation: Not excessively; with restraint.
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- tremendous: Very good or very impressive
- diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
- obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
- moderation: Decrease in the amount of something that is high
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- factor: Something that influences a result
- vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
- isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- shut: To stop being open for business
- loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
- shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
- oral: Concerning the mouth
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
- blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- powerful: Having control or influence over
- datum: Item of factual information
- flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
- gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
- smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
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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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