Vocabulary
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- back in the day: In the past; in former times.
- go away: To go on vacation
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- have to: Must do
- stand out
- in addition to: Besides; as well as
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- page up: Scroll up on a screen or document.
- significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
- intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
- prevalent: Being common; occurring frequently
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- villain: Character in a story who is mean or evil
- physically: In a manner related to the body
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- conclusion: End of something; finish
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- impair: To damage or weaken something
- fulfill: To finish or provide something successfully
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- gender: State of being male or female
- slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
- leave: To go away from; depart
- organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
- biological: Being related to life and living things
- domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- business: A company formed for making profit
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- recur: To occur again or repeatedly
- heterosexual: Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
- asshole: Insulting term for stupid or irritating people
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- kitten: Young cat
- website: Collection of webpages in one location
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
- upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
- sick: Having a physical or mental illness
- love: Person's name
- optimization: Efforts to make as effective as possible
- sire: Male parent of an animal
- 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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