Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- got to: To arrive at some place
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- sit down: To take a seat
- put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- make or break: Capable of ensuring success or causing failure.
- in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- deal with
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
- miserable: Very unhappy
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
- instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- tedious: Being uninteresting and taking a long time; boring
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- path: Method of living leading to a particular result
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- equal: Same in shape, size, or number
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
- important: Having power or authority
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- improvise: To compose, speak or perform without preparation
- patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- great: Very good; better than before
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- prodigy: Young person who is amazingly talented
- alienate: To make someone feel they are not part of a group
- journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
- unhappy: Not feeling happy; sad or worried
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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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