Vocabulary
- such as: For example; like
- go away: To go on vacation
- under the weather: Slightly ill; not feeling well.
- fight off: To defend a position, often violently
- in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- coping mechanism: A psychological strategy used to manage stress or emotional distress.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- push aside: To ignore or dismiss something as unimportant.
- bottle up: To deliberately not show a strong feeling or emotion.
- pot on: Transfer plants into pots for growth.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- bubble over: To express strong feelings, especially joy or excitement.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- without knowing: Unaware; without being conscious of something.
- bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- mental: Concerning the mind
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- manifest: List of cargo on a ship
- interfere: To get involved in something not your business
- appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
- express: To send something by fast mail
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
- permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
- distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
- toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
- suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
- havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
- tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
- cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- impair: To damage or weaken something
- retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
- acne: Red spots or pimples on your face
- nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- reduction: Act of making something smaller
- physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- daily: Happening every day
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
- reclaim: To get back something that was lost; recover
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- repress: To keep (emotions) under control; restrict
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- stiffness: Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
- paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
- worsen: To make or become worse
- preoccupy: To cause to be absorbed in thinking about a thing
- yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
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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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