Vocabulary
- move to: To change the place where you live or work.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- due to: Because of; owing to
- from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- component: One of the parts that something is made up of
- absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
- mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- require: To demand that someone does something
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- altitude: Height of something above sea level
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
- emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
- distribute: To hand out or give to people
- explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
- chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
- inception: Beginning or start of (institution or business)
- fusion: Combining various things to make something new
- undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
- exterior: Outside layer or surface
- surround: To be all the way around something
- aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
- assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
- nucleus: Center of an atom
- explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- weapon: An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
- barometer: Any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
- fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
- insulation: Material that is used to prevent heat, etc. passing
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- suitable: Right for a particular purpose or occasion
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- barren: (Of a woman) not able to have children
- unit: One apartment in a building
- employ: To use something for a specific task
- radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- physicist: Person who studies and works in physics
- generator: Machine that produces electrical power
- concave: Hollow; curved inward
- fission: Form of nuclear energy where particles combine
- detonate: To trigger or start an explosion
- trinity: Christianity union of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
- pallet: Flat surface used for moving, storing heavy goods
- plutonium: Radioactive metallic element
- aluminium: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
- encase: (Of hard thing) to surround or totally envelop
- shockwave: A wave of energy (e.g. after an earthquake)
- barrow: Shortened form of 'wheelbarrow'
- reflector: Thing that shines when light reflects off it
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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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