Vocabulary
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
- deal with
- roughly speaking: Used to indicate that what you are saying is not exact but is still generally true.
- have to: Must do
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- as a consequence of: Because of; due to something that happened before.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- take apart: To break something into pieces, e.g. a radio
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- run back: To come back
- jaws of death: A situation of extreme danger or peril, where death is highly likely or imminent.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
- stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- certainly possible: Definitely able to happen or be done.
- on a regular basis: Happening frequently or at regular intervals.
- perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- consequence: Importance of a person or thing
- exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
- victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- authority: The power to give orders to people
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
- bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
- address: Exact street location of a place
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- threat: Warning of probable trouble
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
- isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
- competent: Fully qualified or capable of doing
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
- withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
- chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- unpleasant: Causing a bad feeling in people
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- great: Very good; better than before
- adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
- elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
- menopause: Mid-life period when women's periods stop
- bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
- specter: Mental representation of some haunting experience
- malevolence: Threatening evil to others; hatred; dislike
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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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su dabing posted on 2025/04/16Feeling stuck or anxious? Jordan Peterson dives deep into confronting your fears, explaining how exposure therapy can build incredible resilience, even when facing midlife anxiety. You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and practical insights for daily life that can help you become stronger than you ever imagined!
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