Vocabulary
- in terms of
- tap on: To touch someone or something gently and usually repeatedly, often to attract attention.
- on behalf of: As the representative of someone
- go on: To continue doing something
- direct to: To show or tell someone how to get to a place.
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- have to: Must do
- come at: To approach someone to attack them
- fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
- check out
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
- surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
- conduct: Your behavior
- bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- concern: To be about a particular topic
- ordinary: Normal or usual
- numerous: Existing in large numbers
- diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
- security: Department in a company in charge of protection
- threat: Warning of probable trouble
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- characteristic: Typical or distinctive
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
- agency: Business that provides some service for others
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- recruit: Person who has just joined the military
- aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
- satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
- important: Having power or authority
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- considerate: Taking care not to offend or disturb someone else
- workforce: The total number of working people
- override: To make (rule or law) not be valid anymore
- behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
- discretion: The right to exercise your own judgment
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
- supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
- opaque: Hard to see through; cloudy
- inclusive: Covering or including everything
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
- recruitment: Act of enlisting people into the army
- loner: Person choosing to spend time alone
- underrepresented: Insufficient amount of support or representation
- superhuman: Above or beyond human power or endurance
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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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