Vocabulary
- spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
- in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- variety: Particular type of thing or person
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
- instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
- frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
- robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
- valuable: Being useful or important
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- section: A part of a whole
- account: An advantage
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- comprehensive: Including most or all things
- gauge: A tool used to measure things
- organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
- mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
- proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
- embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- prefer: To like something better than something else
- detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- daily: Happening every day
- evaluation: Judgment about the value or condition of something
- simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- maximize: To make as large or great as possible
- portal: Type of gate or entry point, e.g. to the internet
- rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
- curate: To be in charge of selecting and caring for objects to be shown in a museum or to form part of a collection of art, an exhibition, etc.
- dashboard: Console of a car or vehicle
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
- tracker: Person using marks to follow a wild animal
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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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