Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- per year: For each year; annually.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- shine on: To continue to shine; to keep giving light.
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
- check out
- start off: To begin or commence something.
- zoom out: To decrease the magnification of an image, showing more of the scene.
- other places: Different locations or areas
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
- heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
- hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
- due to: Because of; owing to
- blow past: To move quickly past someone or something.
- jut out: To extend outward beyond a main surface or line.
- set up
- in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- in contrast to: Differing from something else
- wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
- out of the question: Impossible; not worth discussing.
- get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
- on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
- squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
- seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- consecutive: Following one after the other in order
- moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
- perpetual: Continuing forever
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- coast: Land near the sea or ocean
- peninsula: Narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
- coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
- breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
- equator: Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- surround: To be all the way around something
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- land: Region or country
- sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
- outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
- geography: Study of the earth and its natural features
- overcast: (Sky) being covered by clouds
- inland: Concerning areas that are not near a coast
- ad: Public notice or advertisement
- rainfall: Water falling from the sky
- meteorological: Of the weather or weather forecasts
- spotless: Completely clean; immaculate
- sunrise: The time of day we first see the sun
- postcard: Card for sending messages by post
- rightly: In accordance with what is right
- reddit: Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website.
- unsettle: To upset; making someone feel uneasy
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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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