Vocabulary
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
- in hand: In one's possession or control.
- lay in: To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
- in the moment: At the present time; now.
- stop working: To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
- stay in: To remain inside one's home.
- pop up: To appear suddenly.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- write down: To record in writing
- back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
- mental: Concerning the mind
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- chaotic: Utterly confused
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- dump: To end a romantic relationship
- dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- primary: Most important, most basic or essential
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
- technically: In an exact and particular manner
- wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
- mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
- essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
- scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
- luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
- buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- fully: Completely or entirely
- snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- notification: Act of giving formal or official information
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
- beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
- cap: Covering for the end or top of something
- reset: To return to the original start or formation
- spa: Place you go to bathe in/drink water for health
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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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