Vocabulary
- cut down: To reduce your use of something
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- such as: For example; like
- on display: In a place where something can be seen by the public.
- commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
- capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- consumption: The act of buying and using products
- represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
- incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
- establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
- strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
- innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
- brew: A beer; a drink of beer
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
- private: Being away from others and quiet
- facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
- require: To demand that someone does something
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- retail: Business of selling products to the public
- witness: To see the signing of an official document
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
- comprehensive: Including most or all things
- emission: A substance (e.g. gas) released into the air
- reduction: Act of making something smaller
- carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
- analysis: Careful study to better understand something
- transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
- summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
- public: Owned by the government
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
- business: A company formed for making profit
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- aggressively: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
- participation: Act of being involved in something
- poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
- save: To make your computer keep a file
- dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
- expo: Large often worldwide exhibition
- intercity: Going from one city to another
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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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Taipei's Smart City Summit & Expo showcases net-zero tech for sustainable future
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