Vocabulary
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
- deal with
- break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- feel stuck: To feel unable to progress or change a situation, often leading to frustration or helplessness.
- jump to conclusions: To form an opinion or make a judgment about something before having all the necessary information.
- bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- mental: Concerning the mind
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
- constant: Happening frequently or without pause
- thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
- resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- irritable: Annoyed; easily annoyed or angered
- overwhelm: To defeat something or someone completely
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
- accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
- realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
- shrink: To become smaller
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
- digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
- validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
- hectic: (Of time, activity) very busy; full of activity
- tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
- cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
- amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
- loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
- mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- restore: To return a thing to its original condition
- act: To behave in a certain way
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
- fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
- credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
- overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
- reset: To return to the original start or formation
- info: Shortened form of the word 'information'
- unrelenting: Non-stop; without stopping
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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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