Vocabulary
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- have to: Must do
- bun in the oven: To be pregnant.
- on the shelf: Located on a shelf.
- through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- got to: To arrive at some place
- in session: Actively meeting or conducting business.
- rely on: To depend on someone or something
- subordinate clauses: A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a main clause.
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
- crucial: Extremely important or necessary
- relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
- reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
- concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
- presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
- intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
- session: Period of time used for a specific activity
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- concise: Being brief and to the point; short
- require: To demand that someone does something
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
- profile: To write a short description of a person or group
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- sarcasm: Harsh or cutting remark
- clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- leave: To go away from; depart
- subordinate: Grammar (of a clause) dependent on the main clause
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- plural: Being more than one person or thing
- ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
- submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
- verbal: Concerning verbs
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
- exponential: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
- courteous: Polite; showing good manners and consideration
- great: Very good; better than before
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- coherent: (Of language, ideas) logical and well-organized
- bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
- tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
- oop: Sound people make when they make a mistake
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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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